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Belvedere panel backs $1.38-mil plan to fund seawall, police upgrades, Strip cleanup

The surplus would shore up the crumbling Beach Road seawall, upgrade police facilities and cleaning up the shoreline under state orders.

KEVIN HESSEL GRAPHIC / THE ARK; APPLE MAPSBelvedere owns a series of open-space parcels along Belvedere Cove collectively known as The Strip, spanning from Lower Woodland Lane public stairs just behind the San Francisco Yacht Club parking lot (bottom left) to 340 Beach Road. The lots were gifted by the Belvedere Land Co. in 1896, and all private structures except wharves, boathouses or bathhouses are prohibited. The state has ordered the cleanup of a fallen retaining wall from the property at 228 Beach Road.
Tyler Callister
By TYLER CALLISTER · 1 min read

Belvedere’s Finance Committee says the city should direct a $1.38 million budget surplus toward shoring up the crumbling Beach Road seawall, upgrading police facilities and the state-ordered cleanup of a historic shoreline parcel — capping a fiscal year in which revenues exceeded projections by $1.76 million.

The 3-0 Dec. 2 vote sends the recommendation to the City Council for approval at its Jan. 12 meeting. Committee members Patrick Feder and John Wilton were absent.

The funds represent one-time expenditures tied to the city’s unexpectedly strong performance in fiscal 2024-2025, which ended June 30. According to a report by administrative services director Helga Cotter, general fund revenues reached $10.98 million while expenditures came in $616,000 under budget.

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A version of this story appeared in the Dec. 10, 2025, print edition of The Ark. See something wrong? Request a correction.
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