Speaking In Support of Big Wave Jim Larimer, PhD. 25 year resident of the Half Moon Bay Two daughters both graduates of Half Moon Bay High School Retired NASA Scientist & University Professor, former Program Director at the National Science Foundation No financial or family interest in Big Wave Former member of Coastside Water District Board of Directors (3 terms) Enthusiastic supporter of the privately funded Big Wave project.

Reasons to Approve the Big Wave Project: The project fills a gap left open by the public sector by providing needed facilities for the developmentally disabled. It is privately funded & innovative in filling a public need with a private enterprise. It is designed to be financially self-sustaining by linking the non-profit Wellness Center to the adjacent commercial center that will provide work opportunities and rents to financially sustain the the DD individuals who are the primary beneficiaries of the combined project.

The project employs modern technologies in the vanguard of sustainable develop, especially regarding water and waste water systems. These technologies are well suited for the narrow coastal strip of urban development on the San Mateo coast. The project improves the environment by restoring a damaged wetland. The entire site design and wetland restoration is the product of design efforts by Scott Holmes, project engineer, Peggy Fiedler, PhD., & Lyndon Lee, PhD.

Projects Completed by the Team of Lee/Fiedler/Holmes: View of Calera Creek Plant in Pacifica Restored Calera Creek Wetlands Hidden Waste Water Treatment Plant

Calera Creek Hidden by Landscaping Designed by the Biologists Dr. Lee and Dr. Fiedler Waste Water Treatment Plant Magnified portion of previous image from HWY 1 looking north in Pacifica Solar Panels

Waste Water Plant Solar Panels with GGNRA in Background

100,000 Plants in Planting Plan Restored Calera Creek Wetlands

Wetland Increase Red Legged Frog Count from 3 to thousands

Densely Planted Willows at Calera Creek Calera Creek wetlands – 8 acres Big Wave wetlands acres

Big Wave will be the third restoration project by this team within a ten mile stretch on the San Mateo coast: Big Wave, Calera Creek, & San Pedro Creek Adjacent to the Wellness Center, the Commercial Business Center will provide needed work space for the large professional community of coastside residents who now commute over the hill to work. Reduces rush hour traffic on Hwy’s 1 & 92 Enhances the sustainability of life on the coast adding work places to sleeping places Adds to tax revenues to support parks, schools, & public infrastructure

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