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8.A. - Page 355 <br />maria $.A. - Page 113 <br />marAa I t I t <br />Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council <br />August 15, 2011 <br />Page 2 '" <br />San Mateo subdivided the existing lots in 1926. At that time, this part of the Peninsula was <br />spay populated by ernall fares, orchards, cottage style homes, and small second bomas for <br />those looking for relief from San Francisco's blustery sunw iers. Lots of 7,000 to 8,000 spare <br />feet won likely considered adequate for them limited purposes, ad narrow, unimproved dirt <br />roads were then the norm. At the time there waa no way for the County to fnreees proposals for <br />multi -story 5,2(10 square foot dwellings in such an areain feat, because the versim of the <br />Subdivision Map Act d%d in 1926 famed to regulate the design and improve uent of the <br />Highlands of Emerald Flee subdivision, it is cult clear that the original subdivision map created <br />regal parcels.2 <br />Since the lots vA= originally mapped in 1926, the cr'eek's flow has no doubt fallen ova the yam <br />and the bWm bane been subject to visible erasion. hi addition, the County did not c mmidw the <br />nems environmental concerns atturndan# to the Highlands of Emerald Luke subdivision, <br />umb leas the issues of oxtmss traffic, soil erosion fioin deep pier drilling or redirection of the <br />creek to accommodate a lWV housing development. Such concern$ have been more reoerrdly <br />=*dcred by the County, Redwood City, and adJat ent oarunities. <br />(x) no Gmad 13fta Mandatm That tbaNddbqrho2& Be <br />The historical and environmental aignificance of the City's Hillside Neighborhoods, including <br />the Highlands of Emerald Lake subdivision, wan not last on the City during its very recent <br />General flan update, which owwred less than one yea ago. The General Plan, in Goal BE4 <br />and Policies BE $.l-$,3 requires the preservation oftWs important neigtebofllood: <br />GOAL BE -8. Preserve the scenic beauty and quality homes <br />that define Hillside Neighborhoods. <br />Policy BE 81: Minimize the visual and eavirom ental <br />impact of development upon sensitive 1>9Wde ate. <br />2 An LWANA'e p v vioos covueel ra u mad by kner detod Decarnber 7.2010, via sgaia requsat 1110 City 6o tally <br />suabza %When iha Iamr,�y 12, IM mbdivi- m map aotually ayrmded legal lots in Ij& of flys 2t>t}9 deaieioU in <br />Ga4ner v. Cow* ofSo (2003) 29 Ca[Alh 990, 999-1001.1003, sad mora neoeut decnslpasa in OW HOW <br />Raney, roc. v Ca:r V ofd'o"Me (2008)165 CW.APP-4ib 343, am AhmmdW VffAV. Jh9 v Country of sg cm <br />(7A09)173 CrlAppAjh 42. Wbfie not sn isms for next week's EM ePprs[ bearing, we nein forthe heard that we <br />dimWw with st`ff s summary wnciusion in the Staff Repent that do lots were lawfully areated through the 1926 <br />subdivision mop. WWIG no cowl decia W Lae agmnely addr+eeaed the issue of dw vealWity of a 1926 map, k is <br />widely believed among the UW use bot that die Subdivision, Map Act's grandihi w clause does not protect parcels <br />mffP* Oor bo 1929. (See, a g_. Cmfiin'a Cel fwnia Land Use end PUWJng IAW. P. 147.) <br />