BIG WAVE PROJECT: San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Meeting - March 29, 2011

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San Mateo CountyBoard of Supervisors Meeting

Tuesday, March 29th 2011


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The following criteria shall apply within all areasdefined as Tsunami Inundation Hazard Areas:

(a) The following uses, structures, anddevelopment shall not be permitted: publicly-owned buildings intended for human occupancyother than park and recreational facilities; schools,hospitals, nursing homes, or other buildings ordevelopment used primarily by children orphysically or mentally infirm persons.

San Mateo County Zoning Regulations

SECTION 6326.2. TSUNAMI INUNDATION AREA CRITERIA

page:20A.2.14
http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/vgn/images/portal/cit_609/9441580Zregs-wp.pdfhttp://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/vgn/images/portal/cit_609/9441580Zregs-wp.pdfhttp://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/vgn/images/portal/cit_609/9441580Zregs-wp.pdf


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ABAG tsunami maps showthat the project would place

residential and commercialstructures within a mapped

tsunami zone.


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r39vt125g5M&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r39vt125g5M&feature=youtube_gdata_playerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r39vt125g5M&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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In 1946 a Tsunami hit Princeton By-The-Sea

Tsunami Debris


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The San Gregorio fault, just off the SanMateo County Coast, has the potential ofcausing a tsunami with essentially

no warning time.

The San Mateo County Office ofEmergency Services (OES) advises thatmembers of the public who are in low-

lying areas immediately head for highground when an earthquake occurs.

Grand Jury Report: 2007Tsunami Alert and Evacuation

San Mateo County Coast

Grand Jury Report


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Cascadia Subduction Zone

It can produce very large

earthquakes (megathrustearthquakes), magnitude

9.0 orgreater.

extends from Cape

Mendocino toVancouver Island.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_subduction_zonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_subduction_zone


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A tsunami surge poured over a seawall in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture,

shortly after the earthquake in Japan on March 11, 2011.


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Tsunamiwater level

Water Resources Center Archives: Robert L. Wiegel

April 1, 1946

Princeton By-The-Sea


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Would you want to desperately try andescape a natural disaster with trafficfrom the Big Wave office park choking

your exit?

Would you want to be trapped withwater and debris swirling around you?

How would special needs people get thenecessary evacuation help needed?

Emergency Evacuation


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April 1, 1946

Princeton By-The-SeaWater Resources Center Archives: Robert L. Wiegel


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Earthquake and Tsunami

Evacuation

ALL TRAFFIC

in PRINCETON,PILLAR RIDGE and SEAL COVE

MUST USE CYPRESS AVE

as theSOLE EVACUATION ROUTEONTO HIGHWAY 1


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PrincetonTraffic Bottlenecks

Emergency Evacuation RouteCypress Ave & Highway 1

Traffic Bottleneck

BIG WAVE

BIG WAVE


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Cypress Ave and Highway 1

is a Traffic BottleneckHow will residents, visitors and employeesevacuate Princeton, Pillar Ridge, Seal Cove, theproposed Big Wave office park and sanitariumin the event of an earthquake or tsunamiemergency?

How will the current emergency evacuation

route, ONE exit onto Highway 1 and NO trafficlight at Cypress and Highway 1 be adequate inthe event of an earthquake or tsunamiemergency?


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Princeton Traffic Must Use

Cypress Ave in Seal Cove as

the Earthquake and Tsunami

Emergency Evacuation Route

Princeton Traffic Bottlenecks

BIG WAVE

BIG WAVE

BIG WAVE


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The Big Wave Project is not

prepared for the Big Wave.

OFFICE PARK

SANATORIUM


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Thank

You

Sabrina Brennan

Seal Cove-Moss Beach

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BIG WAVE PROJECT: San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Meeting - March 29, 2011