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Council approves moving Carothers Coastal Garden fence; funding to come from reserves
Summary
Seabrook City Council approved moving a fence at Carothers Coastal Garden and agreed to fund the work from city reserves, after discussion about costs, tree impacts and the need to place the fence on the surveyed property line.
Seabrook City Council on Feb. 18 accepted a recommendation from the Open Space and Trails Committee to move a fence at Carothers Coastal Garden and approved funding to pay for the work from the city—s reserves.
The item was presented as a recommendation from the Open Space and Trails Committee. A councilmember said the committee had asked that council not take the cost from the Carruthers Fund and asked staff to identify alternate funding. Council discussed available quotes and project scope; staff said the city had received a fence-only quote of approximately $8,300 but that bids for vegetation removal and post replacement were still pending and that the total cost would be "more than $8,300." Staff also said much of the existing black chain-link fencing and the top rail could be reused but that embedded posts would need replacement.
During discussion members emphasized placing the new fence along a surveyed property line, and obtaining sign-off from the Open Space and Trails Committee on the final location to avoid future rework. Council raised tree and vegetation impacts: staff said "there will be some trees that have to come out" if the fence is placed exactly on the property line, though some speakers described those as "one or two" and said many of the plants targeted were oleanders and non-native growth.
The council approved an amended motion that the fence relocation proceed and that funding be taken from reserves, with staff to return later with a formal budget adjustment. No formal roll-call tally by name was read into the minutes; a vote was taken on the motion and its amendment and the chair announced the motion to move forward passed.
Staff noted the surveyed property line is on record and recommended a member of the Open Space and Trails Committee work with public works or engineering to mark the line before construction. The council asked staff to obtain additional bids for vegetation removal and to confirm whether the quoted scope included resetting posts or only reinstalling removed fabric and top rails.
