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Council moves to phased approach for Cliff Drive bluff stabilization; LCP amendments coming
Summary
The council accepted staff’s recommendation to phase a Cliff Drive resiliency project, stabilizing the most-vulnerable bluff segment first and preparing Local Coastal Program amendments needed for permitting and long-range work.
After reviewing technical constraints and funding limits, the Capitola City Council on Aug. 28 endorsed a phased approach to the Cliff Drive resiliency project that focuses first on the most-urgent bluff segment where storm damage was observed in 2023.
Staff and consultants presented studies showing the full “continuous bluff protection” concept would be costly and could not be completed with current federal emergency-relief and coastal-grant funding alone. Instead, staff proposed a Phase 1 package that would address the stretch nearest…
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