Our City coastal storm damage, grant funding may fix

 

Pacifica Tribune/Jane Northrop/Staff Writer, 2/17/16. "Storm damage hits $29 million. City approves emergency repair funding.

Looks like nothing. Nothing, but $29 million.
Pacifica Pier damage repair is separate, and
currently on hold, along with other coastal damage.

"City Council approved $450,000 in emergency funding for stabilizing repairs to the damaged portion of the seawall last Monday. .... This is a stop-gap measure to return it to pre-storm condition short of completely rebuilding it, which could cost as much as $2 million, said Van Ocampo, director of public works. 

 

'The County Office of Emergency Services (OES) surveyed 105 feet of damage, but right now we are just repairing the breach,' Ocampo said. 'We are moving boulders into the area, adding sandbags and putting in reinforcements.' OES sent a statement of damages to Governor Jerry Brown that seeks $29 million in grant funding to repair storm-related damage in Pacifica. That request includes replacing the entire seawall.

 

....  The initial estimate to repair damage on the Pacifica pier is $31,000. Repairs for the Milagra watershed outfall are estimated to cost $1.2 million. Those other repair projects have been put on hold, City Manager Lorie Tinfow said."   Read article.

 

Related article.  ABC 7 news/El Nino/Amy Hollyfield, 2/5/16, "Pacifica residents on edge after second sinkhole opens," includes videos.  ....The city of Pacifica has asked the state for some emergency money but on Monday will also ask the city council for some emergency funds as well. .... The city council has a goal-planning session set for the end of February and the city manager plans to ask the council to start telling her what they want her to do to start making plans to save the city.  Note photograph the related ABC 7 news article.

 

Posted by Kathy Meeh