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San Mateo County, CA November 8, 2011 Election
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What is the MCC and why is it important to our community?

By Lisa Ketcham

Candidate for Midcoast Community Council

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The Midcoast Community Council (MCC) is an elected Municipal Advisory Council to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. The MCC serves more than 12,000 coastal residents of unincorporated San Mateo County who live in the communities of Miramar, El Granada, Princeton, Moss Beach, and Montara. It is comprised of seven members locally elected to four-year terms and holds regular meetings at 7:30 PM on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month (except November and December) at the Seton Coastside Medical Center on Etheldore Ave. in Moss Beach. ALL Midcoast Community Council meetings are open, agendized and posted according to the Brown Act.

The purposes of the MCC, as stated in its Bylaws, include the following:

  • To provide the Community with a more effective means to express its views to the County of San Mateo and other governmental agencies on matters of concern to the Community;

  • To contribute to the Community's awareness of issues of public import by providing a forum for discussions, and sponsoring meetings, discussions, and other events which will contribute to the general welfare, knowledge and awareness of the Community regarding such issues;

  • To seek to preserve the rural small-town character of the area by protecting the existence of agricultural lands, commercial fishing activities and the natural marine environment; supporting the retention of a greenbelt around urban areas of the County of San Mateo; maintaining the coastal protections afforded by the County Local Coastal Plan and Measure A (1986), and seeking to manage growth in a manner which is consistent with the present character of the area;

  • To assist the Community in developing and expressing a long range vision of the Community which meets the goals of its residents for an improved quality of life, protection of the environment, and sound economic planning;

  • To assist the many associations, organizations, ad hoc groups and individuals of the Community, who seek to communicate with the County of San Mateo and other governmental agencies about matters of public interest, in bringing issues before the Community and in representing the Community before such governmental bodies.

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