On Good News Santa Cruz Thursday, December 3, 2020, Pauline Seales and guest Gillian Greensite discussed the plans recently approved by the Santa Cruz City Council to radically transform the Santa Cruz Wharf.
Gillian is a member of the Santa Cruz citizen action group “Don’t Morph the Wharf!”. This group made suggestions to lessen the impacts of the Wharf Master Plan including getting rid of the proposed Landmark Building and the Western Walkway and capping the heights of other new buildings at 30 feet. Unfortunately all of this was ignored by the staff and council voted to approve the full project Nov 24th, 2020.
This is a screen shot of the Landmark Building proposed for the south end of the Wharf. Taken from the Wharf Master Plan. The umbrellas are where the current 5 sea lion viewing holes are located. Notice no-one fishing.
If you would like to read more about the position of Don’t Morph the Wharf read Gillian’s article from Bratton Online. and there is more information here. If you’d like to contact Gillian and discuss possible future action you can email her at gilliangreensite@gmail.com
Joe Biden made a major part of his administration investing in our infrastructure which has been ignored for years. Gillian Greensite and her “Don’t Morph The Wharf,” has spent years making sure nothing here changes, gets upgraded to withstand climate change. Now we reap what she has worked for. The ocean is reclaiming roads, businesses, homes, lives. She and her minions should pay to restore the Santa Cruz wharf. Build a New Dolphin Restaurant and restore the community she helped destroy.
The wharf ended up getting morphed by weather. I assume this is preferable to the don’t morph the wharf crew
Gillian Greensite for some reason made it her personal mission to make sure the wharf got totally morphed. Her comments on Facebook.com and X.com have been entirely unapologetic and show a complete lack of accountability or self awareness.