Application for Consideration of Appointment to the Coastal Advisory Committee (CAC)
Thank you for your interest in being appointed to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District's Coastal Advisory Committee. The CAC's job will be to review, discuss, and recommend revisions to specified District policies related to the San Mateo County coastal area under consideration for annexation by the District, and will include the responsibility of gathering input from a wide range of community and special interest groups on the Coastside. The District policies to be reviewed include those concerning eminent domain, land acquisition, and agricultural land use.
Please answer the following questions, which will help the existing members of the CAC to select representatives for the three "at large" seats available. The intent of appointing such individuals is to ensure that there is adequate representation for Coastside interests which are otherwise un-represented, or under-represented, on the CAC. "At large" members must live within the area under consideration for annexation. Please limit your answers to the space provided. Please write legibly. This form must be returned to the District office, 330 Distel Circle, Los Altos, CA 94022-1404 (fax: 650-691-0485) by 5:00 p.m., Friday, February 12, 1999.
1) Briefly describe your reasons for wanting to participate on the CAC.
I wish to aid in the process of taking those formative steps which meld the successful history of MROSD with the special needs of the geographic areas being annexed.
2) Please describe your personal or professional interest in and knowledge of Coastside land use and land conservation issues, and what expertise or experience you will bring to the CAC.
My father raised prize bulls as a young man, and worked in the field of agricultural research. He taught his kids to run Victory Gardens and splice branchs. I spent summers as a young man stacking hay in the fields. For many years as an adult, I maintained beehives in San Mateo County as a hobby.
Feeling that urban sprawl was destroying viable agriculture in the Bay Area, I joined the Greenbelt Action Committee, which promoted land use decisions protective of viable agriculture and sustainable metropolises.
I attended almost every meeting of the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors in the early 1980's general plan review. I supported very important policies of that plan in the 1986 Measure A campaign.
What became clear from these experiences was the message that full public input and participation was very important to getting good decisions which would stand the test of time. In that pursuit, I joined the Granada Sanitary District, so as to understand the plight of someone on "that" side of the table.
Subsequently, I actively worked in the formation of Midcoast Community Council, Midcoast Park Lands, and Half Moon Bay Open Space Trust, and have been on each board.
I currently participate as a conservationist member of the San Mateo Agricultural Advisory Committee, which is a good venue for my interests in seeing that we maintain and enhance viable agriculture in San Mateo County at the same time as meet the goals of the California Coastal Act.
3) What is the Coastside interest which you feel is un-represented or under-represented on the CAC, and what are your qualifications to represent those interests?
| COASTSIDE_INTEREST | QUALIFICATIONS |
| a. dry farmer | None. |
| b. tenant farmer | None. |
| c. grazer | None. |
| d. Beekeeper | Some, strictly as a hobby, but on coastside. |
| e. local openspace trusts | MPL, HOST board member. |
| f. school kids | My two boys went thru both public and private coastal schools. My wife served on board of Cabrillo Unified School District. MPL has engaged CUSD in ownership of lands beingmanaged by MPL. |
4) Do you own property in the coastal area under consideration for annexation? If so, please briefly describe its location, size, and use. (It is important for the CAC to be aware of any potential conflicts of interest that may arise that might be relevant to its deliberations.)
My wife and I own our residential parcel in the urban midcoast.
5) What clubs, organizations, or interest groups do you belong to or are you affiliated with?
6) Please provide a brief description of your desired outcome of the work of the CAC.
a. a full understanding by all the participants of the issues presented to the committee.
b. a list of guidelines to MROSD board which address the special issues of the coastside at the same time as meeting the objectives of MROSD.
Name: Kit Dove
Address: 633 Palma Street, El Granada, CA 94018-0298
Telephone: 650.726.3752