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Del Norte supervisors decline to approve harbor facilities plan amid questions over Measure C money and USDA loan
Summary
After extended public testimony and questioning, the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors took no action on the Crescent City Harbor facilities plan, citing unresolved accounting for a USDA loan payment required by Measure C and requests for clearer project priorities and costs.
The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday declined to approve the Crescent City Harbor District's facilities plan, leaving the item to be brought back after the harbor provides clearer accounting and revisions. The board's concern centered on whether Measure C tourism‑occupancy tax proceeds had been used to satisfy a USDA loan payment the plan lists as already made, when the payment has not in fact been completed.
Harbor fiscal staff said the harbor's Tourism Occupancy Tax (TOT) account held about $290,000 as of June 30 and that first‑quarter receipts could add roughly $80,000; they said the harbor was negotiating with USDA to accept a reduced payment—proposed as 10% ($26,000) for the next three years—to ease…
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