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Council accepts $1.06 million Coastal Conservancy grant to support Cardiff State Beach living shoreline maintenance
Summary
The council unanimously accepted a $1,060,000 grant from the California State Coastal Conservancy to support ongoing maintenance, monitoring and permitting of the Cardiff State Beach living shoreline; staff and partners will manage dredging and sand placement efforts and coordinate monitoring.
The Encinitas City Council unanimously accepted a $1,060,000 grant from the California State Coastal Conservancy to support maintenance, monitoring and permitting for the Cardiff State Beach living shoreline project.
Staff described the grant as funding continuing efforts for the living shoreline'an artificial dune system and adjacent trail and parking improvements that run south of the Chart House and include beach nourishment and dune restoration activities. The Nature Collective, state parks and the city share an MOU to coordinate stewardship and dredging/placement operations.
Ellen Burr of the Nature Collective urged the council to use a portion of funding to coordinate shoreline projects to avoid counterproductive results such as sand moving between lagoon mouths and nourishment areas; staff and councilmembers said they would arrange an informational briefing to outline the dredging schedule, monitoring data and a long-term management plan. Staff reported the city has a dredge arriving soon and that approximately 65,000 cubic yards of sand will be pumped south of the Chart House as part of planned beach nourishment work; a separate lagoon dredging effort will follow once equipment is available.
Deputy Mayor Lyons moved and Councilmember Schaeffer seconded acceptance of the grant; the council approved the resolution unanimously.
Ending: Staff will work with the Nature Collective and state parks on monitoring and permitting requirements, schedule public information and include the project activities in the council's strategic planning and budget discussions.
