he County has provided a proposal for mitigating the La Honda landslide to be presented to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on October 30.

The resolution proposes:

1) Authorizing a County contribution equivalent to funds that are made available from non-County sources, up to a maximum of $3,000,000 for the implementation of slope stabilization activities in the La Honda area and directing the Department of Public Works to facilitate slope stabilization projects utilizing these funds, if equivalent funds are received;

2) Appropriating funds not to exceed $250,000 from the General Fund to be
expended by the Department of Public Works for the construction of County
financed improvements on the privately maintained portion of Escondido Drive;

3) Appropriating funds not to exceed $400,000 from the Department of Public
Works Road Fund to construct a French drain system to help dewater the failed
slope areas;

4) Authorizing the Department of Public Works to continue to winterize
previously failed slope areas by re-grading and reseeding them annually.

See the attachments for more details.