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Council delays mall zoning decision, forms subcommittee to negotiate with major property owner
Summary
Facing competing approaches to implement the housing-element changes for the Capitola Mall block, the council continued the zoning decision to Sept. 11 and appointed a two-member subcommittee to meet with mall property owners and report back.
The Capitola City Council on Aug. 28 declined to select a specific zoning approach for the Capitola Mall redevelopment and instead continued the item to the Sept. 11 meeting. Council appointed Councilmembers Orbach and Westman to a subcommittee to hold preliminary talks with mall property owners, including Merlone Geier, and to update the council on progress.
The council considered three main options for implementing the city’s housing-element directives for the block bounded by Cliff Street, Capitola Road and 40 First Avenue: (1) revise the city’s objective standards (an extensive zoning amendment with broad public…
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