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Road work starts on N. Santa Cruz

Drivers should expect detours and delays along N. Santa Cruz Avenue until Sept. 26.

A repaving project on N. Santa Cruz Avenue began Sept. 23, partially closing the street from Highway 9 to Blossom Hill Road. The work will take place between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The town's massive repaving project continues to fray some motorists' nerves.

The city received numerous complaints about traffic delays caused by the work on Blossom Hill Road. That job began Aug. 18 and was completed last week.

New historic ordinance is approved

Monte Sereno councilmembers accepted a remodeled historic preservation ordinance Sept. 16, with a 4-1 vote.

The ordinance--the one that led four of the city's five heritage preservation committee members to resign when it was tentatively endorsed earlier by the council--means homeowners don't have to be included in the city's inventory of historic homes if they don't want to be.

Dorothea Bamford opposed the change, saying the current law allows flexibility because it requires the council to consider owners' wishes before adding a building to the inventory. She chastised the majority for giving up the ability to decide what buildings must be saved.

The original preservation law allowed the council to decide on any changes to a historical building.

Councilmember Joel Gambord, owner of the historic John Steinbeck house, proposed the reworking of the ordinance.

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