DATE: March 26, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: City Manager's Office
TITLE: AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR A PUBLIC BEACH RESTORATION PROGRAM GRANT FOR THE RE:BEACH OCEANSIDE PROJECT
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the submittal of an application for a Public Beach Restoration Program grant to the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW), and authorize the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, to negotiate and execute all agreements and amendments necessary to comply with the DBW grant requirements.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Many factors contribute to the state of Oceanside beaches, but the most significant is that the primary natural supply of coarse-gradation sand through the littoral drift is blocked by the Oceanside Harbor Breakwater, which supports the Camp Pendleton Boat Basin and City's Small Craft Harbor (Harbor Complex). The sand that would otherwise be transported from the Santa Margarita River to Oceanside's coastline is impounded up coast of the Oceanside Harbor Breakwater. Additional coastal management issues contributing to the eroded state of the beaches include the fact that Oceanside does not have any hard structures that retain sand, either natural (i.e., a natural reef) or unnatural (i.e., groins or jetties) south of the Oceanside Pier. Without varied topography, Oceanside sustains a straight coastline, exposed to all swell angles and seasons, which results in erodible beach conditions and sand that leaves the shoreline more rapidly than other North County coastal areas.
In 2020, the City conducted a year-long, preliminary engineering evaluation and Feasibility Study to identify deficiencies in current coastal management actions as well as to determine a suite of solutions to mitigate the effects of the Harbor Complex and lessen long-term beach erosion. The Feasibility Study (Phase ...
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