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Commission reviews 2024 work-plan progress, potential conversion to environmental sustainability commission and regional sand project updates
Summary
City staff presented the commission’s triannual work‑plan report, outlined a possible City Council docket item to convert the Beach Preservation Commission into an Environmental Sustainability Commission, and summarized regional dredging and Oceanside shore‑management updates, including an ADCP deployment and a May 6 site walkthrough.
At the April 2 meeting the commission received its triannual report on the 2024 work plan and staff updated commissioners on a potential City Council discussion about converting the Beach Preservation Commission into a broader Environmental Sustainability Commission. Director Lancaster told the commission the topic is tentatively docketed for the City Council’s April 22 meeting and, if the council directs it, an ordinance to change the municipal code would be introduced and returned for second reading in late June; staff said the timetable would make a transition effective about 30 days after adoption, with an estimated effective date in late July.
Lancaster described the sequence for conversion: introduction of an ordinance, second reading at a separate meeting if required, and effectiveness 30 days after adoption. "So right now, the timetable is late July," Lancaster said during the presentation.
Staff reviewed progress on several work-plan goals, including shoreline preservation topics such as living shorelines, sand replenishment and regional dredging. Commission staff reported that an Agua Hedionda Lagoon dredge is ongoing and expected to wrap up by the end of the month; the target sand volume cited in the presentation was about 400,000 cubic yards, up from an earlier 300,000 estimate. The recurring Oceanside harbor dredge was described as scheduled to begin around April 15, with current estimates of roughly 200,000–300,000 cubic yards of sand placement.
On Oceanside’s ReBeach and sand retention work, staff said Oceanside had deployed an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) just south of the pier to improve wave‑and‑current data for numerical model calibration and design of the artificial reef and headlands. "The city of Oceanside recently deployed an acoustic Doppler current profiler, or ADCP, on this, just south of the pier," staff reported. Oceanside will host an on‑site tour May 6, starting at Tyson Street Park; Carlsbad staff said they will continue monthly communications with Oceanside and invited the commission to attend the site walkthrough, subject to Brown Act limits on commissioners’ attendance.
Commissioners also discussed SANDAG’s Shoreline Preservation Working Group and the Regional Beach Sand Project (phase 1 and planning for phase 3). Staff and commissioners noted SANDAG is still securing funding and defining scopes for some regional projects; Kim Smith of SANDAG and others were invited to present at the commission’s next meeting on Buena Vista Lagoon enhancement and regional sand planning. Commissioners expressed interest in closer regional coordination and asked staff to confirm local representation at SANDAG meetings.
The commission received the report and directed staff to include the Buena Vista Lagoon enhancement project and related SANDAG updates on the next meeting agenda. Commissioners also requested that a previously submitted memo from Commissioner Stark regarding the northern Rue Des Chateaux beach be included for future discussion.
