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Carmel Art Association urges city help after building damage from nearby excavation
Summary
The Carmel Art Association told the City Council it has sustained more than $400,000 in damage and asked the city for a significant donation and help before nearby construction limits access for repairs. Residents urged use of the city’s nuisance process to enable insurance reimbursement.
The Carmel Art Association asked the Carmel‑by‑the‑Sea City Council on Jan. 13 to help pay to repair damage the group says was caused by excavation next door.
Speaking at the council meeting, board president Jeff Beckham outlined a long history of stewardship and said the association’s recently renovated building has developed continuing cracks, leaks and structural movement after nearby piling and excavation. Beckham said the association has raised more than $200,000 from the public so far but that “the damages to our building have already amounted to over $400,000,” a sum he…
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