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The City Council unanimously authorized emergency repairs for a 30-by-30-foot sinkhole at Scotts Valley Drive and Granite Creek Road, allowing the City Manager to secure contracts without the usual competitive bidding process. The sinkhole damaged the roadway, sidewalk, bike lane, culvert, embankment, and traffic-signal electrical service, with signals operating on temporary generator power.
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The resolution allows the city to move quickly to repair the sinkhole and affected road, sidewalk, culvert, embankment, and traffic-signal equipment. The damaged intersections remain an important route for traffic entering and leaving Highway 17, and the conditions were described as an immediate threat to drivers, pedestrians, and property. The council approved the action by a 4-0 vote, with one council member absent.
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