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City council denies appeal and approves 5-year Crestview Pond vegetation management permit
Summary
The Pacific Grove City Council unanimously denied an appeal and approved a five-year coastal development permit and mitigated negative declaration for vegetation management at Crestview Pond, while appellants pushed for additional timing, revegetation and biologist-monitoring conditions.
The Pacific Grove City Council voted unanimously on May 6 to deny an appeal and approve a five‑year coastal development permit for vegetation management at Crestview Pond, along with an adopted mitigation monitoring and reporting plan.
City planning staff and consulting planner Joe Sedor presented the project as a maintenance program to restore roughly a 70% open‑water / 30% vegetation ratio at the pond, remove 0.78 acres of vegetation, and use barged excavation with off‑site disposal. Staff said the city circulated a draft initial study/mitigated negative declaration (ISMND) for public review, revised the acreage to correct an earlier error, and incorporated mitigation measures to reduce potential impacts to biological resources and water quality.
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