On July 28, the County distributed a newsletter concerning the La Honda Landslide Slope Stabilization Project.  There are numerous updates in this newsletter, including the announcement that the teh Notice of Completion has been filed and that teh emergency declaration for constructing slope stabilization improvements will be terminated on August 10 by the Board of Supervisors.  Scenic Drive will not be restored until it can be determined that additional soil settlement will not affect a newly constructed roadway. 

Please see the attached copy of the newsletter for further details:

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to consider a revised Assessment District Proposal at their meeting on Tuesday, February 12th. This proposal will include how much the community will be asked to contribute towards repairing the Scenic Drive landslide.

The updated Engineers Report was released on Friday, February 8th, and is posted below.

The Guild encourages all members to contact the Supervisors with their opinions on on the updated report, and to attend the meeting on February 12th. The agenda slot is 10:30am.

San Mateo Supervisor Rich Gordon will be visiting La Honda on Monday, January 28, at 7:00 pm at the La Honda Elementary School to discuss with the community the assessment district the County will propose to the Board of Supervisors on January 29, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. The assessment district is to mitigate the La Honda landslide. The County released its Engineers Report for the assessment district scenario on January 24, 2007. To review the report, download it below.

On December 19, 2007, the County informed the Guild that it will propose the formation of an assessment district to the County Board of Supervisors on January 29, 2008 with the intent of raising $3.1 million to help fund the repairs proposed by Soils Engineering Construction. The County Board of Supervisors are scheduled to approve a contract with SEC to repair the Scenic Drive landslide during its meeting on January 8, 2008.

The County will start construction tomorrow on a gravity drainage system that will connect the sump box on Recreation to the ditch on Scenic Dr.(near the bend where the culvert currently crosses Scenic Dr). The closure will be above the pool and below 191 Scenic. The intent is to not have to rely on a pump system for drainage during the winter. The County is looking to improve the ability to capture the drainage from the bottom up. Thus the plan is to install a gravity system that will divert water which collects in the slide area to the improved ditch.