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Spectacular Gateway For Monterey. Just Step Back 30 Years.

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What? Tear out all the parking and marina improvements to remake a beach that is likely to become a transient plaza for sea lions?

Wharfs 1960s

The waterfront plan, which has been put together during the past four years, is intended to transform Monterey’s shoreline between San Carlos Beach and Monterey Bay Park into a “spectacular gateway” for the city.

But many in the wharf business community say the proposal — which would eliminate hundreds of parking spaces in lots nearest the harbor by the city’s two wharves in favor of grass, walkways and a plaza — is anything but spectacular.

At a city Planning Commission meeting May 13, the battle over the future of waterfront parking under the proposed plan came to a head.

Wharf business owners and hospitality industry officials predicted the changes would drive away customers and cost the city hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in parking fees generated by the wharf lots.

Spectacular Gateway For Monterey. Just Step Back 30 Years

Council Goes All NIMBY Over Pebble Beach Employee Housing

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Afraid it would bring down the values in P.G.’s own ghetto? Afraid of people from Seaside moving nearby? What? Next thing you know they’ll be putting in sidewalks in Del Monte Park.
DMP Dead End Street

the council voted 6-0 in support of a comment letter on the proposed 24-unit affordable housing project’s draft environmental impact report that included a recommendation that the project be relocated to a site at Sunset Drive and 17 Mile Drive. The letter is set to be delivered to county planner Joe Sidor, who is overseeing the project review, in the next few days, ahead of the June 19 public comment deadline.

The proposed project site near New Congress Drive and SFB Morse Drive on the edges of the Del Monte Park neighborhood has drawn considerable opposition, particularly from nearby residents.

Council Goes All NIMBY Over Pebble Beach Employee Housing

Robbery On Spanish Bay Golf Course

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Better carry a 12 gauge next to your six iron.BAMF golf and gun bag

Deputies said Aurelio Camilo Bautista, 18, from Greenfield and a 15-year-old boy, demanded money from two golfers from Rocklin, CA and two from Los Altos Hills, CA.

During the confrontation, one of the victims fought with the suspects and ended up with a cut on his ear. Deputies said a golf range finder was taken from another victim. One victim reported seeing a knife in the waistband of on of the suspects, but deputies said a knife was never found.

Robbery On Spanish Bay Golf Course

Pebble Beach Employee Housing vs. Del Monte Park NIMBYs

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Affordable Pebble Beach apartments for their employees comes under fire from the DMP people against everything. Did you know that Arkwright Court is the gateway to Del Monte Park? I’d rather live by the Pebble Beach apartments than Arkwright Court.

DMP Dead End Street

Kathleen Davis has lived in Pacific Grove for more than 20 years and said her backyard fence boarders Pebble Beach. When she heard about the plans for affordable housing near her backyard, she took action.

“Well, no most of the people on this street and many of the people who live in this neighborhood are against it,” said Davis.

One of the key parts of the proposal would take the 2.7 acres of land and turn it into apartments, parking lot and a recreation area.

“Probably going to have a significant impact on the property values of all of these houses here,” said Davis.

That Sewer Internet? Oh It’s On The Way

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Google TISP

Another bad decision by Tom Fruit-Cheese. Why would Comcast or ATT want to use SiFi Networks’ fiber cables in sewers when they already have their own? Who wants to work on cables soaking in poop? And what happens when the  Monterey Regional Water Pollution Creation Agency breaks a valve? Does the internet go out or just ooze sewage into your computer?

In a revised deal still under negotiation, City Manager Tom Frutchey says, SiFi would construct and install the network. Internet service providers such as AT&T and Comcast would pay the city for each customer who signs up, he says, and the city in turn would use that money to lease the system from SiFi for 30 years. When the term is up, the city would own the system. According to staff calculations, P.G. would net $1 million over 10 years.

Pacific Grove City Council made a deal with London-based SiFi Networks to install fiber-optic Internet cables through the city’s sewer pipes. The company announced it had selected P.G. as a California “FiberCity,” intended to showcase speeds of up to 1 gigabyte per second – 20 times faster than the fastest DSL connection – and the network would be installed by the end of 2015. SiFi would cover the construction costs, up to $40 million.

That Sewer Internet? Oh It’s On The Way

100,000 Gallons Of Raw Sewage Dumped On Lovers Point

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M.R.P.C.A, the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Creation Agency had no plan in place for one lousy valve?

MRWPCA

Scott Kathey, emergency response coordinator for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, said cleaning sewage out of the ocean is impossible.

When asked what environmental impact may occur, Kathey said, “It’s hard to say. Obviously the plume is going to spread. Any kind of effects would be long-term.”

Marine animals could develop bacterial infections from coming into contact with the sewage, he said. Luckily, there were no sea otters or seals nearby at the time of the spill.

The recreational trail was closed to the public from the Monterey Bay Aquarium to Point Pinos. Lovers Point Beach was also closed, as well as all beaches one mile to the north and one mile to the south of it.

100,000 Gallons Of Raw Sewage Dumped On Lovers Point

Gas Pumps Hacked In P.G.

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If you must use plastic to buy gas get a dedicated gas company card. With a low limit.

Credit card skimming devices were found at the Shell Gas Station, 1201 Forest Ave., according to the Pacific Grove Police Department.

An investigation showed the skimmers were placed at approximately 11 p.m. on Tuesday and the pumps were deactivated at that time. It is unknown if any customer information was collected or disseminated by the devices.

The suspects were caught on video surveillance and the investigation is ongoing.

Gas Pumps Hacked In P.G.

Lighthouse Avenue Dot Com Idea Comes True

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Make the business that use the public walkway as added square footage pay for it as mentioned here six years ago.

“Up until this point people just went and did it, and they actually encroach upon our sidewalk,” said Mark Brodeur, with the city of Pacific Grove.

Broduer said the new rules require tables and chairs only take up 45 percent of the sidewalk and that 5 feet be available to meet Americans with Disabilities Act compliance rules. He said there are still a number of places that currently have outdoor seating that have not applied for a permit. He expects those owners to apply at a second scheduled meeting.

Pacific Grove is waiving the permit application fee for six months, allowing anyone who already has the seating to apply for the newly required permit and comply for free.

Red House Sidewalk

Lighthouse Avenue Dot Com Idea Comes True

Ocean View Plaza On Cannery Row For Sale

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One company buys the land, hammers out the details to get permits then sells it to someone else who may or may not build what was approved.

Cannery Row Ecology Symbol

The property — which includes both 484 Cannery Row, which is Oceanside; and 501 Cannery Row, which is on the other side of the street — is just over 3 acres of land. On May 4, 2015, Altman Brothers, a luxury real estate agency based in Beverly Hills, put a listing online. Brittany Clark, with Altman Brothers, said the $20 million buy is already generating $400,000 annually for a parking lot on the 501 Cannery Row side of the street.

Ocean View Plaza On Cannery Row For Sale

Looking At $100,000 Teacher Pensions

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Even the bad teachers get the payout. Their union protects them all.

On average, the retired teachers and administrators worked for 37 years in the education system and only one worked for less than 30. The districts from which they retired include Salinas Union High, Monterey Peninsula Unified, Greenfield Union, Monterey County Office of Education, Pacific Grove Unified, Santa Rita Elementary, Carmel Unified, North Monterey County, Gonzales Unified and Soledad Unified.

Pacific Grove Unified, with an average yearly pension of $81,887 per retired educator, and MPUSD with $58,588 are among the 10 districts on the Central Coast with highest pensions for their teachers, according to the California Policy Center.

Mark Bucher, president of the California Policy Center, a conservative-leaning, self-described free-market think tank which published the data, said the release of the figures was done to “challenge the popular conception of the poor retired teacher struggling to get by on a fixed pension.”

Looking At $100,000 Teacher Pensions