HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-09-12; Beach Preservation Committee; MinutesM I N U T E S
MEETING OF: BEACH PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
DATE OF MEETING: September 12, 2017
TIME OF MEETING: 4:00 p.m.
PLACE OF MEETING: Parks and Recreation Administration
799 Pine Avenue, Suite 200
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 4:06 pm.
ROLL CALL:
Present Members: Chair Linda Petrucci, Chair Pro-Tem Fred Briggs, Committee Members
Pion-Goureau, McEachern, Lang, and Naumann
Absent Members: None absent
Guests: City Councilmember Cori Schumacher, SD UT Reporter Phil Diehl
Staff: Marisa Lundstedt Kasia Trojanowska, Kyle Lancaster, Pam Drew, Marshall
Plantz, and Adriana Alvarez
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes for the meeting of March 14, 2017 were approved (4-0), on proper motion by Members
Pion-Goureau and Briggs. Minutes for the meeting of July 11, 2017 were approved (4-0), on proper
motion by Members Lang and McEachern.
PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comment
1. INTRODUCTION OF NEW BEACH PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS
The Committee welcomed newly appointed members Greg Lang and Sherman McEachern.
2. CITY OF CARLSBAD BEACH PROFILE SURVEY RESULTS
Greg Hearon of Coastal Frontiers Corporation provided a presentation on the Beach Monitoring
Program at the coastline, called the Oceanside Littoral Cell, which focuses on documenting changes in
the condition of the coastline, while evaluating the impacts of natural events. Coastal Frontiers has
performed beach profile surveys since 1986; and they have performed beach monitoring programs in
Southern California in an on-going partnership with SANDAG. Mr. Hearon spoke of the pre-El Nino
results and the 2016 beach changes, in which they were able to determine that there was severe
winter erosion at most beach sites.
3. AGUA HEDIONDA MAINTENANCE DREDGING PROJECT
Pam Drew, Associate Planner, provided a summary on the Agua Hedionda dredging project. The
Planning Commission requested an updated report from Cabrillo Power I LLC (NRG), to allow for
periodic maintenance dredging of the Agua Hedionda Lagoon. The Planning Commission requested
that the report address soil toxicity, since previous reports showed select positive results near the
inlet to the inner lagoon. NRG will also provide further information on the quantity of sand that can
be retained at each of the beach receiver sites. The next scheduled Planning Commission meeting, in
which the city permitting of this project will be considered, is on September 20, 2017.
4. CARLSBAD BLVD AT ENCINAS CREEK – ROAD REVETMENT PROJECT
Marshall Plantz, Engineering Manager, provided a presentation on the road revetment project along
the western side of Carlsbad Blvd, at Encinas Creek Bridge. Revetment work has been ongoing for the
last several years, via a few projects. The first of the projects began in 2010, for the Encinas Creek
Bridge replacement and the repair of both the south and north sides of Carlsbad Blvd. Erosion during
severe storms subsequently turned western bluff protection work into an emergency project, which
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required an emergency Coastal Development Permit (CDP). The third project began in 2016, and
included emergency rip rap rock to be added to the western bluff, north of the Encinas Creek Bridge.
The bluff area needed revetment to protect it from further damage. A five-year CDP has been
requested from the CA Coastal Commission.
5. STATE OF CA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION ACTIVITIES REPORT
The North Coast Sector Interim Superintendent, Lisa Urbach provided updates on sand replenishment
projects associated with the construction of a hotel in Encinitas. The commencement of the project has
been delayed from September 2017 to October 2017. The Carlsbad State Campgrounds have increased
transient and off-leash dog issues, and the state will be providing more enforcement in the area. The
Tamarack parking lot will be closed for restriping in October 2017. Ms. Urbach addressed the possibility
of the City of Carlsbad developing an operating agreement with the State of California Department of
Parks & Recreation over certain beach areas. Discussions between city staff and California State Parks
& Recreation officials on this topic are in progress.
ADJOURNMENT/NEXT MEETING
By proper motion, the meeting was adjourned at 5:11 pm. The next meeting of the Beach Preservation
Committee will be Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at 4:00 p.m., in the City of Carlsbad Parks & Recreation
Administration Offices, 799 Pine Avenue, Suite 200, Carlsbad, 92008.
Aeryn Donnelly-Terrey
Parks Planner