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Resident urges removal of Palm Cove gate to improve beach access; staff says easement allows emergency access only
Summary
Resident Laurie Thomas Fass asked the council to include opening or removing the Palm Cove gate in consultant reviews, calling it a barrier to beach access for people using fish carts and suggesting eminent domain; a town staff member said the town has an emergency‑access easement and will research the legal agreement.
Laurie Thomas Fass, a Sunset Beach resident, told the council she has used the Palm Cove path for 10 years to reach Tubbs Inlet and that the gate there prevents her from safely pulling a fish cart. "The gate itself is a barrier, and I don't believe that the barrier serves a great public purpose," she said, and asked the council to include consideration of opening that gate as…
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