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		<title>Mole project update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Charles M. Kelly The City Council on Tuesday, April 21, authorized staff to request proposals for drilling services for a geotechnical study to support the project. The city manager was authorized to negotiate with the lowest bidder up to $150,000. The unanimously council approved the request. (Councilmember Michael Ponce was absent.) The council was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council discusses housing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council last week discussed options to encourage long-term rentals in Avalon. They also discussed long-term and short-term rental policies. A resident who owns rental properties brought the matter to staff’s attention. The council did not take any action. One idea suggested in the city manager’s staff report was to provide grants to encourage [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City seeks bids for ‘elbow’ project</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council on Wednesday, March 28, unanimously authorized staff to request bids for the Pebbly Beach Road “elbow” enhancement project. The estimated cost of the project is $300,000, according to the staff report. Money for the project has been budgeted, according to the staff report. The “elbow” is the first entrance into town, after [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2026 City Council candidates named</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[City Clerk Gabrielle Morones announced the names of the certified candidates for the June 2 City Council election. For the office of mayor, the candidates are: Cinde Cassidy (a past council member), current Mayor Anni Marshall, Daniel Feltz (a local business man), and Grayson Kline (recently retired from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department). The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Local utility rate study update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Avalon does not have enough revenue to keep up with the cost of the saltwater system, according to a city consultant. This week Josiah Close, the utility rates project manager with HDR Engineering Inc., gave the City Council an overview of the rate study for the city’s sewer, saltwater and solid waste services. The presentation [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon gets grant funds for Green Pleasure Pier float project</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council on March 3 accepted a grant from the California Department of Parks and Recreation’ Division of Boating and Waterways. The vote was unanimous. This was a Consent Calendar item. Consent items are voted on collectively, without discussion, unless a council member pulls one or more items for further discussion. Nothing was pulled [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cabrillo Mole update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council on Tuesday, Feb. 17, unanimously rejected all bids for the next step in the Cabrillo Mole Rehab project. The next step is to build a temporary facility. The resolution, which required a four-fifths vote for approval, declared the project could be built more economically by day labor. All five council members participated [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City to update floodplain model</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council last week authorized the city manager to execute a contract with BKF Engineers to provide floodplain modeling for Avalon. The maximum cost will be $30,000. The vote was 3-0. Mayor Anni Marshall and Councilmember Yesenia De La Rosa were absent for the Feb. 3 meeting. City Engineer Robert Greenlaw told the council [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City Attorney’s Office to challenge Conservancy restoration permit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Avalon will go to court to challenge the permit that allows the Catalina Island Conservancy’s restoration plan, which includes the removal of mule deer by hunters on the ground. The Conservancy argues that the removal of the deer is required to protect native plant life and to reduce wildfire risk. Opponents of the deer removal [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon election set for June 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Election season is here. The Avalon City Council on Jan. 20 formally called the 2026 election. The city election will be held Tuesday, June 2. The mayor and two council seats will be in play. The mayor will serve a two-year term and the council members will serve a four-year term. The nomination period is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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