Planning Commission Hearing

Wednesday, Nov. 17th 2010

El Granada Elementary School, El Granada CA

SANATORIUM

OFFICE PARK

OFFICE PARK

Sabrina Brennan
Seal Cove-Moss Beach
 Big Wave Project

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 Big Wave Project

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 Rancho Corral de Tierra

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POST POST

Pillar Point Bluff

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OFFICE PARK HMB Airport

SANATORIUM

FMR

Is the Big Wave Project

prepared for an emergency?
“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
 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.
 Emergency Evacuation

Would you want to be trapped with

swirling water and debris all around you?

Would you want to desperately try and

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

How do special needs people get the

necessary evacuation help needed?
 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
Emergency Evacuation Route
Cypress Ave & Highway 1
Traffic Bottleneck

Tsunami
Evacuation
Exit

Princeton
Traffic Bottlenecks

BIG WAVE

BIG WAVE
 Earthquake and Tsunami
Evacuation

ALL TRAFFIC
in PRINCETON,
PILLAR RIDGE and SEAL COVE
MUST USE CYPRESS AVE
as the
SOLE EVACUATION ROUTE
ONTO HIGHWAY 1
 Cypress Ave and Highway 1
is a Traffic Bottleneck
How will residents, visitors and employees
evacuate Princeton, Pillar Ridge, Seal Cove, the
proposed Big Wave office park and sanitarium
in the event of an earthquake or tsunami
emergency?
How will the current emergency evacuation
route, ONE exit onto Highway 1 and NO traffic
light at Cypress and Highway 1 be adequate in
the event of an earthquake or tsunami
emergency?
 Emergency Evacuation Route
Cypress Ave and Highway 1

A traffic signal is currently needed at this intersection.

 Emergency Evacuation Route
Cypress Ave and Highway 1

A traffic signal is currently needed at this intersection.

 Emergency Evacuation Route
Cypress Ave and Highway 1

A traffic signal is currently needed at this intersection.

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Princeton Traffic Bottlenecks

Princeton Traffic Must Use

Cypress Ave in Seal Cove as
the Earthquake and Tsunami
Emergency Evacuation Route
Prospect at Broadway

Princeton Traffic
Bottlenecks

Capistrano Rd
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Critical Coastal Area
State of California
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part of the federally protected
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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
 Fitzgerald Marine Reserve CCA
Natural and Artificial Hydrology

Martini Creek
Watershed

Montara Creek
Montara Beach Watershed
Watershed
Daffodil Creek Watershed

Montara Urban San Vicente Creek

Watershed Kanoff Creek Watershed
Watershed

Dean Creek* Watershed

Moss Beach
Watershed Denniston Creek
Watershed

Deer Creek
Watershed
Pillar Point Marsh Watershed
San Agustine Creek Watershed
Seal
Cove
Watershed

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Legend www.sfei.org
Enclosed pipeline > 24 "
Natural channels and earthen ditches

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Watershed CCA Boundary
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Deer Creek
Watershed
Pillar Point
Pillar Point Marsh
Marsh Watershed
Watershed
San Agustine Creek Watershed

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Seasonal Wet Meadow

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WetlandWetland
Freshwater Marsh

Pillar Point Marsh

Pillar Point Marsh

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Project Site
Wetland Boundary
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Seasonal Creek
Seasonal Creek
 Thank
You

Sabrina Brennan
Seal Cove-Moss Beach