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MINUTES
BEACH EROSION COMMITTEE
Summary of the meeting - Thursday, December 12, 1985
City Council Chambers - 6:00 P.M,
Members Present: Mario Monroy, Sally Vigil, Steve Jensen
Due to a lack of a quorum at the start of the meeting, the
minutes from the prior meeting were not amended or approved.
The meeting was unofficially opened at 6:00 P.M. with the intro-
duction of the guest speaker, Bill Dyson from SDG&E, who is the
person responsible for dredge operations. Also in attendance was
Marion Horna, General Manager for Electric Production for SDG&E.
Mr. Dyson explained the procedures used by SDG&E to monitor the
build-up of sand in. the outer lagoon at Agua Hedionda. He
outlined the basic procedures used by the dredge to systemati-
cally return the lagoon to a satisfactory depth, and how the sand
was transported to the west beach between Tamarack jetties and
the fueling jetties in order to minimize the return of the sand
by southern drift into the lagoon entrance. In conjunction with
these points, he also expounded on the inner lagoon dredging
proposed to the Corps of Engineers and how SDG&E could assist
with that project. He also made some interesting remarks
regarding the sand bypass system in Oceanside and sand retention,
in general, on Carlsbad beaches as possibly provided by a groin
field or by artificial seaweed. Mr. Horna stressed that SDG&E
was anxious to cooperate with the City of Carlsbad on preserving
the Agua Hedionda Lagoon and also on giving the artificial
seaweed project a try. He said that if the state government had
not intervened that the artificial seaweed project would probably
be in place. Mr. Dyson's presentation lasted until approximately
8:00 P.M.
There was some additional informal discussion by committee
members Monroy and Vigil with the meeting completed at about 8:30
P.M. Mr. Monroy expressed a strong desire to have two vacancies
filled on the committee by the City Council.
The next scheduled meeting of the Beach Erosion Committee is
tentatively set for January 9, 1986 at 6:00 P.M. in the Council
Chambers.
Respectfully submitted,
MIKE BROOKS
MB:lch