Res 94-129RESOLUTION NO. 94-129
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
SUPPORTING STATE AND FEDERAL
FUNDING ASSISTANCE FOR A SAN DIEGO
REGIONWIDE BEACH REPLENISHMENT INITIATIVE
WHEREAS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Coast of California Study has
identified the majority of the San Diego region's beaches as having eroded
significantly in the past 15 years; and
WHEREAS, currently narrow beaches will continue to erode in the future
due to limitations on natural sand sources due to development of the region's
coastal plains and foothills; and
WHEREAS, the San Diego region's beaches are a priceless resource of
state and national significance which provide important environmental,
recreational and economic benefits to the region, the state and the nation;
and
WHEREAS, the San Diego Regional Shoreline Preservation Strategy, adopted
by SANDAG in 1993, calls for a cooperative regionwide beach replenishment
program to preserve and enhance the region's beaches; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Navy's Aircraft Carrier Homeporting Project is
expected to dredge in the range of 12 million cubic yards of uncontaminated
beach quality sand from San Diego Harbor, providing a once-in-a-generation
opportunity to substantially replenish the region's eroding beaches; and
WHEREAS, potential beach replenishment sites have been identified that
would benefit the public beaches of the region's eight coastal cities, as well
as beaches controlled and managed by the State Department of Parks and
Recreation, the U.S. Navy and the San Diego Unified Port District; and
WHEREAS, additional funds will be needed to transport the sand to beach
replenishment sites. The average additional cost is estimated to be about $1
per cubic yard; an unprecedented low unit cost for beach replenishment; and
WHEREAS, SANDAG and its Shoreline Erosion Committee have supported a
major initiative to restore the San Diego region's critically eroded beaches,
including seeking the additional funds needed to transport sand from the
Navy's Carrier Homeporting Project to potential beach replenishment sites; NOW
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Poway supports
obtaining state and federal funds to assist in a San Diego regionwide beach
replenishment initiative based on transporting sand from the U.S. Navy Carrier
Homeporting Project to the region's critically eroded beaches.
Resolution No. 94-129
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APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Poway, State of
California, this 13th day of December, 1994.
Don Higginson,
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
SS.
I, Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby
certify, under the penalty of perjury, that the foregoing Resolution, No.
94-12~ was duly adopted by the City Council at a meeting of said City Council
md on the 13thday of December , ]994, and that it was so adopted by
the following vote:
CAFAGNA, CALLERY, EMERY, REXFORD, HIGGINSON
AYES:
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
Marjor~e ~. Wahlsten, City Clerk
City off, way