SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Save Our Neighborhoods from CA Growth Initiatives Not Approved by Voters. Parkside, an enclave of Single Family Homes built in the late 1950s at the Marina Lagoon with a Marina, Restaurants and Shopping with space between neighbors and two community schools and parks, a public pool a ball field, dog park. It is all in jeopardy of being over run unless we stand up, band together and save our neighborhoods.

Attend Upcoming Public Meetings! FEBRUARY 16, 2022 / MARCH 3, 2022

TALKING POINTS:

DELIVER THE GROWTH FAIRLY

ACROSS ALL SAN MATEO NEIGHBORHOODS

KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING AND DINING.

CONVERT OLD OFFICE, BUILDINGS DON'T CRAM MORE PEOPLE IN

AND DON'T DESTROY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD(S)

FROM THE CITY

Please join us for an upcoming General Plan Subcommittee meeting to learn about the circulation and land use alternative plans, and share your input on which ideas you think should be included in the City’s General Plan 2040. If you can’t make the meeting, please share your ideas through our online survey, now through Monday, March 7, at https://bit.ly/preferredscenario.

Upcoming General Plan Subcommittee Meetings

• Thursday, February 17, 2022 from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm
  At this meeting the General Plan team will provide an overview presentation that will walk the GPS through the alternatives, summarize the results of the alternatives evaluation report, and community input received to-date on the preferred scenario. There will be time for public comment and GPS questions and discussion. 

To join via Zoom – click here 
To join via telephone: (408) 638-0968
Conference ID: 882 1284 5227 Passcode: 502931

• Thursday, March 3, 2022 from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm
  The goal of this meeting will be to solicit GPS feedback on the preferred land use and circulation scenario. The GPS will review the land use alternatives by study area and mix and match components of each alternative to describe a preferred land use scenario. The General Plan team will ask the GPS to identify the elements of each circulation alternative they would like included in the preferred circulation scenario. There will be time for public comment. 

The Zoom login information and meeting materials for the Thursday, March 3rd GPS meeting will be posted on this website on Friday, February 25: https://strivesanmateo.org/general-plan-subcommittee/.

Public Comments
The City encourages the community to attend the GPS meeting. Public comments will have time limits and can be submitted in the following ways:

• Prior to the meeting in writing: Send comments to: generalplan@cityofsanmateo.org until 4 p.m. the day of the meeting.
• During the meeting by computer: All attendees are muted by default. When the item of interest is open for consideration, press the “Raise Your Hand” icon and you will be called on at the appropriate time.
• During the meeting by telephone: Call (408) 638-0968 and enter the conference ID found at the top of this email. To indicate you want to provide public comment, when the item of interest is open for consideration, press *9 to raise your hand. When called upon press * 6 to unmute, state your name and provide your comments.

Take an Online Survey

You can also provide input by completing an online survey available here: https://bit.ly/preferredscenario. The survey will close on March 7, 2022. 

Next Steps

Following the March 3, 2022 GPS Meeting, there will be more opportunities to provide input on the preferred circulation and land use scenarios including:

• Tuesday, March 22, 2022
  Planning Commission meeting to review the input from the community and GPS, and provide a recommendation to the City Council. 
• Monday, April 18, 2022
  City Council meeting to review the input from the community, Planning Commission, GPS and provide direction on the preferred scenario. 

Background & More Information

Visit strivesanmateo.org to learn more about the General Plan 2040 update process and sign up for the Strive email list. 

SB 9: Ministerial Urban Lot Splits and Duplexes

What does SB 9 Require?

 New Title

This law requires that a city or county ministerially approve without discretionary review or a hearing either or both of the following in urban areas as defined, (subject to a number of exceptions and conditions):   

· A housing development of no more than two units in a single-family zone (duplex*).

· The subdivision of an owner occupied parcel zoned for residential use, into two approximately equal parcels ("lot split") as long as neither parcel is less than 1200 square feet and the owner agrees to owner occupy one of the units for three years.

This law requires that a city or county ministerial approval without discretionary review or a hearing either or imply that the two units must be connected.

 *The use of the term duplex for two units does not mean or imply that the two units must be connected.   



 Learn More at: www.LivingEstatesRealty/Legislation