Santa Monica residents will soon be polled as to whether they are interested in cleaning the city’s beaches and coastal waters, and whether they’re willing to pay for it.
A soon-to-be-released cleanup plan would make Santa Monica compliant by 2020 with several new environmental regulations. City officials say there will be a considerable need for a new funding source for the project. Capital costs alone could reach $95 million over a period of 15 years. In addition, operating and maintenance costs could at least double the current $36 annual stormwater fee homeowners pay, according to a recent staff report.
So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “What are you willing to pay for a cleaner coast?”
Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 6, 2006. Read the original PDF.