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Council weighs private seawall at 32nd Avenue, staff proposes relocating maintenance access to 33rd Avenue

City Council · November 17, 2025
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Summary

After a private owner offered to build a contiguous seawall between properties north and south of the 32nd Avenue beach access, staff recommended moving city maintenance and emergency access to 33rd Avenue and asked council for direction to commission engineering designs and elevations.

City staff presented a private proposal to construct a seawall that would connect existing structures north and south of the city’s 32nd Avenue public beach access. Public Works and coastal staff warned that connecting contiguous seawalls can change surge flow and increase velocity through formerly open gaps.

Chad Merritt, Community Services Director, said the…

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