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Del Norte supervisors back Crescent City grant support after last‑minute briefing
Summary
The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved two letters of support for Crescent City grant applications — a Redwood Highway multimodal transportation plan and a coastal resiliency plan — after a short recess to allow the city manager to explain both grants.
The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve two urgency letters of support for Crescent City's grant applications, after the board took a brief recess to hear from the city's manager.
Chair Borges moved to add the two letters to the agenda as urgency items; the board then paused to get clarification from city staff because supervisors and public commenters said they lacked enough information. Crescent City Manager Eric Weir told the board the multimodal Redwood Highway planning grant would target the State Route 101 corridor through downtown and could seek roughly $700,000; the project would fund corridor design, traffic calming, pedestrian and bicycle connections and community engagement. He said the application deadline was November 21.
Weir also described a separate coastal resiliency planning grant that would support sea‑level rise and coastal hazard planning. "The application is due on November 21," Weir said, and the city planned to use consultants SHN and local planning staff to conduct traffic counts, community outreach and design work.
Public commenters voiced mixed reactions before the briefing. Some residents urged the board to approve letters to help the city secure planning funds; others asked the board to take more time, inspect the project area and consider local concerns about trash, public safety and adjacent uses. One public commenter urged the county to perform due diligence before endorsing projects adjoining city property.
After the city manager clarified the scope and separate nature of the two grants, a motion to approve both letters passed on a unanimous vote of the three supervisors present. The board adjourned to its next regular meeting on November 25.
The letters will be attached to the county agenda packet once minutes are posted and will accompany the city's grant applications to the respective funding programs.
