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Council directs staff to estimate cost of consultant and coastal-permit pathway after Harbor Seal Advisory Committee recommends three-year rookery closure
Summary
Following months of advisory committee work and public comment, council voted to receive and file the Harbor Seal Advisory Committee report and to ask staff to seek an estimate for consultant costs to pursue a coastal development permit that could enable a temporary three-year closure at the Carpinteria rookery.
Carpinteria City Council on Feb. 3 received the final recommendations of the 2024 ad hoc Harbor Seal Advisory Committee (HSAC) and, by majority vote, directed staff to seek an estimate for consultant costs to assemble a coastal development permit application and to evaluate a potential three-year closure of the city’s rookery area east of Carpinteria Pier.
What the committee recommended: HSAC reviewed decades of volunteer SealWatch counts and other data and considered a range of possible actions including new signage, docent training, and a temporary beach closure. By majority vote the committee recommended a time-limited three-year closure of the rookery to reduce disturbances and collect monitoring data to evaluate effectiveness. HSAC…
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