HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-06-24; City Council; Resolution 2014-1561
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RESOLUTION NO. 2014-156
3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION TO
4 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR WORK THAT SUPPORTS AN UPDATE
OF THE CITY'S LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM TO ADDRESS SEA-LEVEL
RISE, INCLUDING SEA-LEVEL RISE MODELING, VULNERABILITY
g ASSESSMENTS, AND ADAPTATION PLANNING AND POLICY
DEVELOPMENT.
7 CASE NAME: OPC LCP SEA-LEVEL RISE GRANT
Ocean Protection Act, approved a competitive grant program to provide financial assistance for
local and regional vulnerability assessments and updates to Local Coastal Programs (LCPs) and
other Coastal Act authorized plans to address sea-level rise, coastal hazards and other climate
change-related impacts; and
8 WHEREAS, the California Ocean Protection Council, under the authority of the
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24 WHEREAS, the goal ofthe grant program is to develop updates to LCPs or other
15 Coastal Act authorized plans to address sea-level rise and other climate change impacts, and
16 WHEREAS, grant proposals submitted under this grant program must address at
least one certified LCP segment; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad, has an effectively certified LCP for the Mello I,
Mello II, West Batiquitos, East Batiquitos, and Village segments; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad, does not yet have an effectively certified LCP for
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22 Agua Hedionda Lagoon Segment and various other properties; and
23 WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad, recognizing the problems and issues associated
24 with climate change, desires to pursue a project that would result in the completion and
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submittal for certification by the California Coastal Commission of an LCP Amendment, that
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would address such impacts; and
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WHEREAS, although the City of Carlsbad has no certified LCP for the Agua
Hedionda Lagoon segment, it recognizes the problems and issues associated with climate change
and desires to pursue a project that would allow it to address those impacts when it submits an
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5 LCP for certification to the California Coastal Commission. The City of Carlsbad, has already
6 committed to completing its LCP, as detailed in the attached grant application package; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad will coordinate with the staffs of the California
Coastal Commission, the State Coastal Conservancy and the Ocean Protection Council in
undertaking the project, if approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council ofthe City of Carlsbad,
California does hereby resolve as follows:
23 1. Staff is directed to submit the grant application package, a summary of which is attached
hereto as Attachment 1, to the Ocean Protection Council to provide financial and planning
14 assistance, under authority of the Ocean Protection Act, in the amount not to exceed an
aggregate of $250,000 combined with grant funds authorized by City Council Resolution
15 No. 2014-155 and more particularly described in the grant application summary.
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2. The city manager is authorized to execute, in the name of the City of Carlsbad, all
27 necessary applications, contracts and agreements and amendments thereto to
implement and carry out the grant application package attached hereto and any project
18 approved through approval of the grant application.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting ofthe City Council ofthe City
of Carlsbad on the 24**' day of June, 2014, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
Council Members Hall, Packard, Wood, Schumacher, Blackburn.
None.
ABSENT: None.
ATTEST:
BARBARA ENGLEfOI^, City Clerk
(SEAL)
eJri Crt'V,
Attachment 1
California Coastal Commission LCP Planning Grant and Ocean Protection Council Local Coastal
Program Sea-Level Rise Grant Application Summarv
Proiect Description
A. Goals and objectives:
The City of Carlsbad, California is located in the northern coast of San Diego County, situated about 30
miles north of San Diego and about 90 miles south of Los Angeles. The city occupies approximately 39
square miles of rolling hills, beaches and bluffs with the Pacific Ocean coastline as its western boundary.
The city's 14.4 square-mile Coastal Zone contains many coastal resources including wetlands, lagoons and
beaches. The City of Carlsbad's Local Coastal Program (LCP) consists of the following six geographic
segments: Agua Hedionda Lagoon; Mello I; Mello II; West Batiquitos Lagoon/Sammis Properties; East
Batiquitos Lagoon/Hunt Properties; and Village Area. However, the city has not obtained certification
from the California Coastal Commission (CCC) for the Agua Hedionda Lagoon segment, as well as a
handful of other properties in the Mello I and Mello II segments. As a result, CCC retains permit
authority for this segment as it is an area of deferred certification.
The project, titled the City of Carlsbad LCP Planning for Sea Level Rise and LCP Update consists of three
main components, including:
Task 1—Obtaining certification of the Agua Hedionda Lagoon segment LCP resulting in the
transfer of coastal development permit authority to the City of Carlsbad;
Task 2—Planning and zoning work to significantly update the city's certified LCP, to reflect
changed conditions, new information and scientific knowledge, new programs and policies and
other changed circumstances to plan for sea-level rise and achieve consistency with CCC's sea-
level rise policy guidance.
Task 3—Planning for sea-level rise by: completing sea-level rise modeling; completing
vulnerability assessments; developing adaptation response policies; and updating the city's LCP.
The CCC LCP Planning and Ocean Protection Council SLR LCP grant funds would significantly assist the City
of Carlsbad in comprehensively updating its LCP to address sea-level rise, as well as obtaining permit
authority for the Agua Hedionda Lagoon segment and other properties. Once the LCP is updated the City
of Carlsbad will have a fully certified LCP, which will enable the full transfer of coastal development permit
authority to the City of Carlsbad. In addition, the project would significantly reduce CCC staff workload
by allowing for the transfer of permit authority for all deferred certification areas.