Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Nicholas J. Calderon, Parks Director
Subject: Amendments related to the development of the new County Park at Tunitas Creek Beach and operation of the Cowell-Purisima Trail
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The Parks Director, or the Parks Director's designee, to execute the first amendment to the Tunitas Creek Beach Post-Transfer Agreement between the County of San Mateo ("County") and the Peninsula Open Space Trust ("POST") to authorize the County to utilize grant funds to design and construct the new County park at Tunitas Creek Beach by removing Section 4 of the Post-Transfer Agreement; and
B) The Parks Director, or the Parks Director's designee, to execute the first amendment to the Cowell-Purisima Trail Agreement between the County, POST, and the California State Coastal Conservancy ("Coastal Conservancy"): (1) to authorize grant funds to be utilized solely for the development of the new County park at Tunitas Creek Beach; and (2) to amend the agreement to authorize the County to perform its management responsibilities during the agreement's second 5-year term at the County's expense; and
C) The Parks Director, or the Parks Director's designee, to execute further amendments to the terms and/or services of both the Tunitas Creek Beach Post Transfer Agreement and the Cowell-Purisima Trail Agreement, so long as the modified term(s) and/or services is/are within the current or revise fiscal provisions.
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BACKGROUND:
The Tunitas Creek Beach property ("Property") is located eight miles south of the City of Half Moon Bay in unincorporated San Mateo County. The Property totals approximately 58 acres and includes almost one mile of sandy beach, steep coastal bluffs, and the mouth of Tunitas Creek. The Property has sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean to the west and is framed by iconic sandstone cliffs to the north....
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