DATE: November 20, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: City Manager's Office
TITLE: RE:BEACH OCEANSIDE PILOT PROJECT SITING ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council take the following actions related to RE:BEACH Oceanside Pilot Project Siting:
1) Receive information about the multi-criteria siting analysis and associated public outreach, and concur with staff's recommendation to select Segment 1, along and seaward of The Strand between Tyson Street Park and Wisconsin Avenue, as the RE:BEACH pilot project location.
2) Authorize staff to proceed with final design, engineering and environmental compliance tasks, with the Phase 2 Sand Nourishment and Retention Pilot Project sited in Segment 1.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Since construction of the Camp Pendleton Boat Basin and City's Small Craft Harbor (Harbor Complex), over 21 million cubic yards (cy) of sand have been artificially placed on City beaches from either dredging activity to build the two harbors, the removal of sediment from the San Luis Rey River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers annual navigation dredging program or one-off, local or regional beach nourishment events. Despite all these efforts, coastal areas south of Harbor Beach (i.e., south of South Jetty) have been largely unable to sustain a dry sand beach for recreational, ecological and coastal storm damage protection purposes.
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 lessen long-term beach erosion and mitigate the effects of the Harbor Complex. The Feasibility Study (Phase 1) concluded that 1) a high-quality source of sand, coupled with a beach nourishment program, should be 2 identified to provide more efficient and consistent beach nourishment opportunities, and 2) retention structure(s) are desirable ...
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