Submitted By: City Manager
Prepared By: Andy Hall, City Manager
Leslea Meyerhoff, Contract Coastal Administrator
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CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDING FROM THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY IN THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION FOR PHASE 2 OF THE SAND RETENTION PILOT PROJECT PLANNING STUDY, AND FINDING THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
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Summary:
The City was successful in the pursuit of a $2M grant from the State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) that must be accepted by the City Council by adopting Resolution 26-147 (Attachment A). The funding will allow the future award of a professional services agreement to a consultant(s) to conduct the work funded by the SCC grant. This grant has no local cost share match requirement.
The work contemplated by the grant from the State Coastal Conservancy is the next step in the identification of projects that can improve sand retention on the beach using natural methods, or nature-based solutions. The initial phase of the study was funded by a grant from the California Coastal Commission.
The grant is intended to fund the City’s efforts to implement a demonstration or pilot sand retention project in the City as a companion strategy to beach sand replenishment to retain newly added sand for as long as possible and stabilize a wider shoreline over the long term. The grant performance period for the planning study is three years (2026-2029) and work would be completed by the end of 2029.
Building long term coastal resilience, by widening the beaches over time and retaining the sand in place, is a top priority of both the City Council and the community at large. It is anticipated that the three-year planning effort will be informed by technical advisors including community members and agency representatives at various stages of the planning process.
The scope of work includes:
preparing technical studies
studying the local and regional sediment flows and...
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