# Capitola City Council 11/12/2026


**Body:** CTV Santa Cruz County
**Date:** November 11, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Professional Services, Public Safety, Emergency Response, Physical Infrastructure


At the November 12, 2026 Capitola City Council meeting, the council unanimously adopted the city’s updated all-hazards Emergency Operations Plan and related resolutions formalizing emergency-management systems. The plan was developed with consultant Jim Frolley; additional severe-weather/coastal-flooding, tsunami, and earthquake annexes are expected before year-end. The council also approved new building plan examiner classifications and hourly pay rates, intended to bring some plan reviews in-house rather than relying on CSG, which currently receives about 65% of plan-review revenue (approximately $82,000 in annual outsourced work). Staff estimated about $31,000 in annual savings after the employee completes training, with CSG available for overflow work.

The council approved moving forward with an affordable-housing nexus study and impact-fee update, funded from the affordable housing trust fund. A proposed study for the 41st Avenue corridor was deferred for a broader discussion of economic-development funding tools, with staff asked to return by the second council meeting in February 2027. The council also unanimously approved an $18,000 budget amendment from the equipment replacement fund for police patrol-vehicle outfitting; outfitting is estimated at $30,000, above the amount budgeted, and the vehicle itself was purchased from a Salinas vendor for about $5,000 less than another option. Staff noted that city-manager recruitment firms had been solicited through an RFP, but no selection or contract award was reported.

**Source:** CTV Santa Cruz County