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Residents urge protections for small businesses and question Caltrans median work and a proposed Harbor District parking lot
Summary
At the March 11 meeting residents urged support for a struggling harbor restaurant, raised concerns about new Caltrans medians at Capistrano/Highway 1 (reduced turning radiuses) and discussed a Harbor District plan for a parking lot north of Sam's; the council said it would post the Harbor District meeting notice and follow up with staff.
Several public commenters used the March 11 Midcoast Community Council meeting to raise neighborhood safety and small‑business concerns.
Sid Young urged community support for Ketch HMB, a harbor restaurant whose owner, David Westendorf, has stage‑4 cancer. Young said the Harbor District had offered a temporary rent reduction that it may rescind and asked residents to patronize the business while the owner is ill.
"They're struggling because the owner has stage 4 cancer," Sid Young said, urging local patronage and humane treatment as the Harbor District…
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