Locunity/Montara Water and Sanitary District, CA·Water District
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors manages the affairs of the District. Through their meetings, they set policy, enact appropriate resolutions or ordinances, approve all payments to vendors, review and approve the budget, set rates, fees and charges, hire staff, approve contracts and other necessary action needed to carry out the business of the District. All formal actions must be taken in public and listed on an agenda which is published in advance of the meeting.
There are five Board members, all of whom must reside in the Montara or Moss Beach Area. The current Board is as follows:
All Board members can be contacted directly via their individual email addresses, by sending an email to info@mwsd.net, or by writing to the District office at the following address: Montara Water and Sanitary District, P.O. Box 370131, Montara, CA 94037. Telephone: (650)728-3545. FAX (650)728-8556.
District Office, 8888 Cabrillo Hwy, next to Pt Montara Lighthouse and Hostel.
Regular meetings are 7:30 PM on the first and third Thursday of each month.
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SAM Secures Easement Agreement With Half Moon Bay, Solar Project Canceled
The SAM solar project was canceled but yielded a successful easement negotiation with Half Moon Bay, along with a potential Kehoe waterway restoration and sewer relocation agreement.
Why it matters: Resolving the expired SAM plant easement on Half Moon Bay property was critical for operational continuity, and the emerging interagency cooperation signals improved relations after years of litigation.
Montara Water and Sanitary District
2015 Strategic PlanBoard of Directors18d agoJuly 9, 2026
Staff Declares 2015 Strategic Plan Still Valid; Director Young Demands Committee Meeting
Staff concluded the 11-year-old strategic plan remains adequate and needs no revision, sparking a contentious debate with Director Young who insists the ad hoc committee should meet to evaluate updates.
Why it matters: The debate reveals governance tensions between board and staff over committee authority and compensation, and the strategic plan's adequacy matters as LAFCO prepares a municipal services review next year.
Montara Water and Sanitary District
Water SmartBoard of Directors18d agoJuly 9, 2026
District Seeks Three Federal Grants for Groundwater Monitoring and Leak Detection
MWSD submitted three Water Smart grant applications to the Bureau of Reclamation for a hydrologic database, groundwater age-dating study, and SCADA modernization with improved leak detection.
Why it matters: The district reduced non-revenue water losses from 21% to 7% through infrastructure investment; these grants would further enhance water supply resilience and automated leak detection in an aging system.
Montara Water and Sanitary District
Valmar StreetBoard of Directors18d agoJuly 9, 2026
Board Greenlights $200K Design for Coastal Sewer-Water Relocation
Board unanimously authorized $200,000 for design of the Valmar Street utility relocation project to address long-standing coastal erosion threats to critical sewer and water infrastructure.
Why it matters: Decades of coastal erosion have compromised the original trunk sewer along the Strand, and the aging water crossing under Highway 1 has required numerous repairs — getting designs shovel-ready now positions the district to capture time-limited grant funding.
Montara Water and Sanitary District
40-unit CapBoard of Directors18d agoJuly 9, 2026
County Scrambles to Fix Permit Overallocation After 71 Units Issued in One Year
After the county issued 71 building allocations in one year — exceeding the 40-unit annual cap — planners proposed a lookback approach dating to 2013 to avoid a permit freeze.
Why it matters: The overallocation disrupted property owners expecting permits and forced the county to recalculate cumulative allocations, directly affecting housing development across the entire Mid Coast.
Montara Water and Sanitary District
LAFCOBoard of Directors18d agoJuly 9, 2026
District Defends Service Record Ahead of LAFCO Review, Challenges Coastal Permit Changes
MWSD sent letters to LAFCO and the Coastal Commission defending its service record and questioning proposed changes to Mid Coast building permit allocations.
Why it matters: LAFCO's upcoming municipal services review could question the district's independence, while the Coastal Commission's permit recalculation directly affects housing development capacity on the Mid Coast.
Montara Water and Sanitary District
LAFCOBoard of Directors53d agoJune 4, 2026
Seal Cove Residents Push LAFCO to Review MWSD; All Coastside Reviews Moved Up a Year
Seal Cove residents and Supervisor Jackie Spear urged LAFCO to conduct a special municipal services review of MWSD, resulting in all coastside district reviews being advanced one year.
Why it matters: Accelerated reviews will require unplanned staff time and budget from every coastside district, driven by claims—which LAFCO staff flagged as inaccurate—that MWSD abandoned sewer service to residents.
Montara Water and Sanitary District
EvacuationBoard of Directors53d agoJune 4, 2026
Director Softky Warns of Coastside Evacuation 'Death Trap' and Self-Driving Car Risks
Director Softky argued the coast's two-lane road capacity limits safe population levels and warned that self-driving cars could block evacuation routes in emergencies.
Why it matters: Housing growth proposals amplify an already constrained evacuation scenario; no official study has quantified the maximum safe population for the coastside.
Montara Water and Sanitary District
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