Crescent City Councilor Jason Greenough was absent. Among the items discussed at Monday’s meeting: Vacancy: Crescent City is accepting applications to fill the vacant seat left behind by Daran Dooley, who resigned in October. Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. on Dec. 1. The City Council will then conduct interviews with a goal of swearing a candidate in at its regular meeting Dec. 15, City Manager Eric Wier said. Applications can be obtained by visiting www.crescentcity.org. Water redundancy: Councilors awarded a $272,900 contract to GHD to design and provide project management for a redundant water well that could be used if tapping into the Smith River isn’t an option. The well will be near a pond on Rellim Road between Crescent City’s Ranney collector, which takes in water from the Smith River, and its chlorination facility, Public Works Director Dave Yeager said. Any water the city draws from the redundant well will be put into the water line and then sent through the chlorination process, Yeager said, which means the required infrastructure is minimal. Crescent City currently has a three to four day supply of water in its two reservoirs, Yeager said. The redundant well would be an alternate source. According to Yeager’s staff report, Crescent City will use $500,000 in grant dollars obtained via the North Coast Resource Partnership — a collaboration with regional tribes, counties and other stakeholders — as well as $153,536 from the city’s water fund for the project. The cost of installing the well is expected to be about $150,000, according to Yeager’s report. Construction is expected to cost $333,785. About $46,851 will be set aside for contingency purposes. Coastal Resiliency Strategy: Instead of arguing with a local critic over sea level rise, councilors mentioned tsunamis before authorizing City Manager Eric Wier to pursue a grant aimed at building coastal resiliency. Crescent City is seeking a $320,000 Ocean Protection Council grant to develop a sea level rise strategy. Under new California legislation, State Senate Bill 272, coastal communities are required to include a sea level rise adaptation plan in its Coastal Commission-approved Local Coastal Program before 2034. The grant deadline is Dec. 12. The community’s sea level rise strategy will assess Crescent City’s vulnerability, said Bob Brown, SHN principal planner, who is contracted with the city. OPC funding is also available to implement the sea level rise strategy, he said, and will coincide with the development of the county’s hazard mitigation plan. Brown also mentioned the South Beach Climate Resilience Plan, a partnership with the Crescent City Harbor District, Elk Valley Rancheria, the Del Norte Local Transportation Commission, Caltrans and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Smith River Alliance’s Elk Creek Restoration Project is also associated with sea level rise. Brown said the proposed trails could potentially be used as levees to prevent water from leaking into the city. SHN will do most of the work associated with developing the coastal resiliency strategy, Brown said. Community engagement will also be a big part of the project, he said. Mayor Pro Tem Candace Tinkler applauded the possibility of community engagement and urged city staff to include high school youth. “When we look at some of these dates, sadly I probably won’t even be around, but they will,” she said. “They have skin in this game. I really think this is an opportunity to show our youth we’re thinking about their future in this town.” Tinkler also noted that most of the city’s motels and hotels are within the tsunami inundation zone and asked if a coastal resiliency adaptation strategy could assist with evacuating people out of the area quickly