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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1994-17734 RESOLUTION NO. 17734 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA 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. Resolution No. 17734 Page 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista 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. Presented by or y Robert A. Leiter Bruce M. Boogaard Director of Planning City Attorney Resolution No. 17734 Page 3 PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 22nd day of November, 1994, by the following vote: YES: Councilmembers: Fox, Horton, Moore, Rindone, Nader NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None x~,~Z,, S,,~JZ,~l~i'rl~y HortoY~L, Mayor Pro-Tempore ATTEST: Vicki C. Sodeiquist, D~t~.y City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss. CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Vicki C. Soderquist, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 17734 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 22nd day of November, 1994. Executed this 22nd day of November, 1994. Vicki C. Soderqui~y City Clerk ill ]