Summary: Thursday, August 13, 2015 There are four cities in Santa Cruz County, and the City of Capitola is one of them, though everyone should note that at least half the population of Santa Cruz County doesn’t live in any city at all. Sometimes, people get confused, and think that the various “place names” we know, and use, mean that the designated locations are cities, but that’s not true. Aptos, Soquel, Boulder Creek, Live Oak, Freedom, Bonny Doon, and Davenport (to name a few) are not cities at all. Those unincorporated areas are under the jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors. There are only four cities, with their own city councils, and Capitola is the smallest. Size, however, does not equate to importance! The Capitola City Council will be meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m. The Council is still meeting at the City Hall, located at 420 Capitola Avenue, though there is a proposal to turn the City Hall into a hotel, and to move the center of government elsewhere. That’s very controversial, but that proposal is not on the agenda tonight. An item that is on the agenda, and that might be interesting to lots of people, is a status report on the issues and options presented by the Zoning Code Update. How Capitola rezones the City, to conform its detailed zoning to the relatively recently adopted Capitola General Plan, will have impacts throughout mid-county. There is more information at kusp.org/landuse. More Information: Land Use Links Gary Patton’s Two Worlds Blog Council Agenda Packet – August 13, 2015 Meeting Article on Hotel Proposal City of Capitola Website Santa Cruz County Statistics
