Planning Commission Hearing

Wednesday, Nov. 18th 2009

Board of Supervisors Chambers 400 County Center, Redwood City

SANATORIUM

OFFICE PARK

OFFICE PARK
“The proximity of the project to
the partially enclosed Pillar
Point Harbor and the potential
for tsunami events could expose
people to inundation by seiche,
which represents a potentially
significant impact.”
Big Wave Project DEIR
IV.H Hydrology & Water Quality
Page IV.H-61
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Pillar Point Bluff

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OFFICE PARK
SANATORIUM

FMR

Is the Big Wave Project

prepared for a BIG WAVE?
 2007 Grand Jury Report
Tsunami Alert and Evacuation
On the San Mateo County Coast

BIG WAVE
SANATORIUM

TSUNAMI INUNDATION ZONE

Half Moon Bay, CA
A seiche (pronounced /ˈseɪʃ/ "saysh") is a standing wave
in an enclosed or partially enclosed body of water.
 Hilo Bay Seiche
April 1st 1946

The tsunami that hit Hawaii in 1946 had a fifteen-

minute interval between wave fronts. The natural
resonant period of Hilo Bay is about thirty minutes.
That meant that every second wave was in phase with
the motion of Hilo Bay, creating a seiche in the bay.

As a result, Hilo suffered worse damage than any

other place in Hawaii, with the tsunami/seiche
reaching a height of 26 feet along the Hilo Bayfront,
killing 96 people in the city alone. Seiche waves
may continue for several days after a tsunami.
 In 1946 a Tsunami hit Princeton By-The-Sea

April 1, 1946

Water Resources Center Archives: Robert L. Wiegel Tsunami Debris

 April 1, 1946
Princeton By-The-Sea
Water Resources Center Archives: Robert L. Wiegel
 Romeo Pier: April 1, 1946
Water Resources Center Archives: Robert L. Wiegel
 Water Resources Center Archives: Robert L. Wiegel

Romeo Pier: April 2, 1946 (day after the Tsunami)

April 1, 1946
Princeton By-The-Sea

Tsunami
water level

Water Resources Center Archives: Robert L. Wiegel

 Tsunami water level

Water Resources Center Archives: Robert L. Wiegel

April 2, 1946 (day after the Tsunami)

“Structures should either be placed
at elevations above those likely to be
adversely affected during a tsunami
or seiche event or be designed to
allow swift water to flow around,
through, or underneath without
causing collapse.”

Big Wave Project DEIR

IV.H Hydrology & Water Quality
Page IV.H-61
 ABAG tsunami maps show that the project
would place residential and commercial
structures within a mapped tsunami zone.

This would represent a significant risk to human life.

Wellness Center, Building 1

SANATORIUM
 Emergency Evacuation

Would you want to be trapped with

swirling water and debris all around you?

Would you want to be desperately trying

to escape a natural disaster with traffic
from the office park choking your exit?

How do special needs people get the

necessary evacuation help needed?
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ABAG tsunami maps show that the

project would place residential and
commercial structures within a
mapped tsunami zone.

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significant risk to human life. OFFICE PARK

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 Grand Jury Report

The San Gregorio fault, just off the San

Mateo County Coast, has the potential of
causing a tsunami with essentially
no warning time.
The San Mateo County Office of
Emergency Services (OES) advises that
members of the public who are in low-
lying areas immediately head for high
ground when an earthquake occurs.
Grand Jury Report: 2007
Tsunami Alert and Evacuation
San Mateo County Coast
Princeton, Pillar Ridge & Seal Cove only have
ONE Tsunami Evacuation Exit
 J a m e s V. F i t z g e r a l d
Marine Reserve

BIG WAVE
Pillar Point
Marsh

Legend Critical Coastal Areas Pilot Project

San Francisco Esturay Institute and the
Association of Bay Area Governments, Consultants

Tsunami Evacuation Area For more information, please contact

Eric Zhang, Staff
San Francisco Estuary Institute
7770 Pardee Lane, 2nd Floor
Oakland, CA 94621
Urban Footprint
Kathleen Van Velsor, Staff
Evacuation Exit
Cypress Ave & Highway 1
Traffic Bottleneck

Tsunami
Evacuation
Exit

Princeton
Traffic Bottlenecks

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Tsunami Evacuation Route
Cypress Ave and Highway 1
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Princeton Traffic Bottlenecks

Prospect at Broadway

Princeton Traffic
Bottlenecks

Capistrano Rd
Why did the County decide
this project only required a
500 foot notification area?
BIG WAVE PROJECT red ring indicates the 500 foot
radius project notification area
Why are the developers
refusing to put up story
poles during the CEQA
public comment period?
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
Pillar Point Wetlands

OFFICE PARK
 Pillar Point Wetlands
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve

Area of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) and part of the

federally protected Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
James Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
Critical Coastal Area
State of California
Area of Special Biological Significance (ASBS)
part of the federally protected
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
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 Fitzgerald Marine Reserve CCA
Natural and Artificial Hydrology

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Watershed

Montara Creek
Montara Beach Watershed
Watershed
Daffodil Creek Watershed

Montara Urban San Vicente Creek

Watershed Kanoff Creek Watershed
Watershed

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Watershed Denniston Creek
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Legend www.sfei.org
Enclosed pipeline > 24 "
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San Agustine Creek Watershed

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Freshwater Marsh

Pillar Point Marsh

Pillar Point Marsh

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Project Site
Wetland Boundary
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 Incomplete
Draft Environmental Impact Report

On Nov 4th 2009 it was brought to the Counties

attention that agencies and the public were
provided an incomplete printed draft EIR.

One week later on Nov 11th 2009 the missing

section N. was delivered via FedEx to agencies
and the Half Moon Bay Library.

Why didn’t the County restart the 60 day CEQA

review period on Nov 11th after the incomplete
draft EIR had been supplemented with the 63 page
missing chapter N. Utilities and Service Systems?
 Thank
You

Sabrina Brennan
Seal Cove, Moss Beach