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Committee reviews environmental grant recommendations; approves minutes and sets next meeting date
Summary
The committee reviewed recommendations for the Environmental Sustainability Grant program, signaled general support for staff recommendations to spread limited funds, approved prior minutes and moved the next regular meeting to May 15.
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — The Coastal Advisory Committee reviewed staff recommendations for the Environmental Sustainability Grant program and took routine procedural votes at its April meeting.
Nikki Beach, San Clemente environmental program analyst, presented a summary of the grant program and the panel’s recommended allocations. Beach said the program has existed since about 2009, lapsed during the pandemic and was restarted with an $8,000 pool for this cycle. Eight eligible applicants applied and the grant committee recommended distributing funding broadly — in many cases awarding less than the $2,000 maximum requested so more groups could receive awards.
Beach said the program is funded from a mix of small city budgets (solid waste and water conservation) for this cycle and staff hopes to resume a twice‑annual call for applications. "We hope to get back on schedule and have another call for applications that would be due on June 15," Beach said. Recipients must submit a short completion report to remain eligible for future rounds.
Minutes approval and next meeting - The committee voted to approve the minutes of its prior meeting. Chair Susan Ambrose called for a motion; committee members voted in favor. The committee recorded that four members voted Aye and three were absent; the minutes motion was approved. - Near the end of the session the committee moved to adjourn to a regular meeting on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 4 p.m.; the motion passed on a voice vote.
Public comment and committee transition Members of the public — including representatives of local community garden groups, Save Our Beaches volunteers and other residents — praised the committee’s work and offered to help with monitoring and volunteer transects. Several speakers noted recent committee accomplishments and expressed concern about the city’s planned reorganization (adding two former Coastal Advisory Committee members to the Beaches, Parks and Recreation Commission). The committee decided to compile notes and a work plan to transfer institutional knowledge to any successor body.
Speakers for this article include Nikki Beach and Chair Susan Ambrose; public commenters included Susie Weidloff and Amanda (full name not specified in transcript).
