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CONTENTS
SECTION 1
1 Cover Letter
SECTION 2
3 Schedule
4 Technical Approach
SECTION 3
10 About Moffatt & Nichol
11 Subconsultant Team
12 Organizational Chart
13 Key Personnel Resumes
SECTION 4
25 References
26 Similar Project Experience
Attachment 2
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Cover Letter
555 Anton Blvd., Suite 400
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Tel: (657) 261-2699
moffattnichol.com
September 22, 2022
Ms. Cecilia Gallardo-Daly, Director
Community Development Department
City of San Clemente
910 Calle Negocio
San Clemente, California 92673
Subject: Nature Based Adaptation Project(s) Feasibility Study Dear Ms. Gallardo-Daly:
From pickup beach volleyball games by the City Lifeguard Headquarters to professional bodyboard contests at T-Street Beach, the heart and soul of San Clemente’s culture revolves around its beaches and shoreline. However, with the looming threats posed to the shrinking coastal width of the City beaches due to an increasing lack of sand, these valuable natural resources that bring great appeal and attraction to San Clemente are at serious risk and high vulnerability to major loss. Moffatt & Nichol (M&N) fully understands this and through a specialized team, possesses targeted expertise and depth of experience to take on the task at hand. We are especially suited to help the City identify feasible solutions that promote long-term resilience of the City’s shoreline. Retaining and reducing the loss of sand along the shoreline is becoming increasingly more vital for preserving San Clemente’s precious coastal resources. Our team recognizes the City is using this proposal as an opportunity to address these issues head-on. We bring a creative group of outof-the box thinkers alongside more traditional strategists to better cover all available options that provide the City with a wide variety of choices in approach to resolving these issues. We will design self-adaptable, functional recommendation measures that can be implemented to effectively address problems associated with both short- and long-term sea level rise timescales.
We selected this team to include individuals who know San Clemente and are innovative thinkers, green- and eco-minded (with many of them being avid surfers), and experienced in coastal resilience projects. This gives the City the best team tailored to partner and collaborate with on this project and beyond. Members of our interdisciplinary group have worked together in the past to solve similar problems in Southern California. We will use this experience and lessons learned to design specialized solutions that serve the unique needs and coastal issues faced by San Clemente. Our team includes M&N as the prime consultant, with subconsultant partners GHD Consultants (GHD), Coastal Restoration Consultants (CRC), and the Coastal Frontiers Corporation (CFC).
Benefits the City will gain from utilizing this team are:
– Greater creativity and probability of success due to lessons-learned from proven, creative and innovative ideas for highly successful nature based solutions projects implemented in southern California (Surfers Point, Cardiff Living Shoreline, Pillar Point path, and Capistrano Beach).
– Less time and budget needed to come up to speed and higher likelihood of effective results due to our extensive familiarity with City conditions having prepared the Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment, reviewed the Resilience Plan, and worked on the Marine Safety Headquarters Relocation among other projects (e.g., Municipal Pier repair, Coastal Rail Trail, two beach nourishment efforts, a kelp fly analysis, etc.).
– A local presence available to the City through our coastal San Clemente resident, Justin Peglow, serving as M&N’s Deputy Project Manager and working synergistically with Project Manager Chris Webb out of the nearby Orange County office on the project.
– Broader support and potential partnerships leading to success from the current collaboration with Orange County Parks (OC Parks) on a regional beach nourishment program that can complement the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) project as well as this nature based approach. These actions can all be parts of a master plan of resilience. – Success with agencies and the public owing to our extensive experience working with California Coastal Commission (CCC) staff and within the public sphere on projects within and near San Clemente.
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Cover Letter
P221572 Proposal for San Clemente Nature Based Adaption Project Feasibility Study | 2 Our enclosed proposal demonstrates our unique approach, comprehensive set of qualifications, and depth of experience needed to provide successful and effective coastal engineering services the City of San Clemente is seeking specifically per the request for proposal (RFP) for this project. We have reviewed the Professional Services Agreement and deem the language as stated as acceptable. I am an authorized representative of Moffatt & Nichol and will serve as the point of contact for this proposal. Please feel free to contact me via the contact information listed below should you have any questions about our submittal.
We appreciate the opportunity to continue working with the City and look forward to the next step in the selection process.
Sincerely,
MOFFATT & NICHOL
Christopher Webb, Project Manager
(562) 810-3664 | [email protected]
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Technical Approach
To approach the tasks in the project outlined by the current RFP, M&N has assembled the optimal team by selectively hand-picking top tier industry experts known for their technical knowledge and practical experience in this field of work. Members of this team have worked together before extensively on similar successful projects. Players on the team consist of the members presented below along with a high-level description of their roles in the project:
Moffatt & Nichol (M&N) Prime consultant. Will be the lead on vulnerabilities, adaptation concepts (sand replenishment and retention efforts), beach nourishment, engineering, permitting, and funding.
Coastal Restoration Consultants (CRC) Subconsultant responsible for creative free-thinking on nature based solutions, habitat plans associated with them, and the implementation of such options. CRC is the leader on developing living shoreline concepts and has teamed with M&N on several project including the Carpinteria shoreline, Hermosa Beach, and Broad Beach.
GHD Consultants (GHD) Subconsultant responsible for development of nature based solutions using cobble and sand dunes, and for creating innovative approaches toward potential sand retention solutions. Team members consist of former M&N staff with a proven record of working successfully together with current M&N staff as consulting partners and past co-workers on similar projects.
Coastal Frontiers Corporation (CFC) Subconsultant responsible for interpreting the results of the shoreline monitoring that has occurred to assess the current conditions of City beaches and assisting with performance projection probabilities of alternatives, as well as feasibility of their construction.
SCOPE OF WORK
Subtask 2.1 Contractor Onboarding and Project Kickoff
A kickoff meeting will be organized by City staff and the M&N team will attend. In this meeting the scope and schedule will be refined as needed and the City will define overall goals and objectives for the pilot project(s) while the team confirms the deliverables, deadlines, schedule, etc.
DELIVERABLE:
1. Notes from the kickoff meeting including action items.
Subtask 2.2 Data Collection to Identify Critical Erosion Areas/Hot Spots The M&N team will do the following as part of this task: 1) collect and review available data, 2) make site visits to gain a more intimate and comprehensive understanding of the existing conditions of the City shoreline, and 3) identify and conduct interviews with longterm residents of San Clemente who are experienced with observing the local dynamics and historical changes of the City beaches over time. M&N will also utilize existing reports and historical documents to better understand the erosive processes taking place on the local shores of San Clemente and identify those locations where important City infrastructure or natural resources are most greatly exposed and/or vulnerable to sea level rise (SLR) hazards. Our task is to identify critical erosion areas and hot spots with the objective of focusing specifically on those areas that are erosional problem sites.
Work will involve:
– A literature review for data on the sediment budget in this part of the littoral cell (example documents are the Sediment Budget Report, Oceanside Littoral Cell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1990; Patsch & Griggs, Littoral Cells, Sand Budgets and Beaches, 2006; and Development of Sand Budgets for California’s Major Littoral Cells, Patsch and Griggs, 2007; shoreline monitoring data, etc)
– Field reconnaissance, resource mapping, and utilization of previous recent studies including the 2019 SLRVA document and others mentioned in this RFP
– Compilation of wind, wave, and wave run-up data including FEMA California Coast Analyses and Mapping Project for Orange County - 2019
– Beach profile and shoreline position data collection
– Extraction and employment of relevant “citizen science” – Interviews with City staff and other experts familiar with the area to help identify known/historic areas of erosion Field visit(s) will focus on both shoreline condition and ecology. The team will conduct field reconnaissance surveys at the Poche Beach through Shorecliffs Beach Club extent, and the shoreline from North Beach to the San Diego County Line. Shoreline conditions will be documented in terms of approximate beach width, presence or absence of dry sand area, vulnerability of infrastructure behind the beach (consistent with the results of the 2019 SLR study), and the presence of dunes or sufficient sand present to be able to form dunes.
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Ecological surveys will gather data on existing physical conditions and biological resources to document their status in the project area. This information will also be compared to the City’s shoreline monitoring efforts and and previous resource assessments to help identify trends over time. A clear understanding of both the status and of recent trends in conditions along the coast is crucial to be able to identify and build effective nature based solutions to protect the coast. These reconnaissance surveys will be key to: 1) inform the development of opportunities and constraints in the project area, 2) inform which types of living shoreline approaches will be identified in Subtask 2.5 for the study area, and 3) identify potentially sensitive habitats and/or species throughout the project area that may have significance for permitting and environmental review of potential projects (Subtask 2.6).
The team will characterize the entire coastline based on the numbers and types of zones of habitat that are present under “winter” conditions when the beach is at its minimum width. In general, areas with more zones will be wider, better protect inland areas from coastal flooding, and are expected to be more resilient to SLR. The presence of different habitat zones is also an excellent indicator of potentially ecologically sensitive areas and habitat for different special status species (both plants and animals). The team will map all special status species observed during the field reconnaissance. This up-to-date mapping of biological resources, along with previous studies of the areas, will allow for up-front consultation with the CCC and other agencies on ways to not only avoid potential impacts but identify opportunities for habitat enhancements as part of living shorelines that can benefit sensitive species.
These data, coupled with the identification of erosion hot-spots and modeling, will provide the basis for identifying and refining living shoreline approaches for different reaches of the coastline. This will be especially important for identifying low-cost, light-touch living shoreline approaches in wider areas that are not currently high-risk and can mature over time to provide increased flooding protection to adjacent areas during extreme storms/SLR. This complete characterization of the coastline will be critical to developing the full range of living shoreline approaches and opportunities and constraints for the project area. This is important in aiding the City, the CCC, and stakeholders to identify priority and pilot projects that can help demonstrate the effectiveness of different strategies in areas with a variety of risks now and in the future.
Using the momentum of recent work for the City regarding the LCP and related SLR assessments along the San Clemente shoreline, our team has a running start in carrying this initial data review work forward efficiently. The resultant product will be a database that may contain existing ecology, shoreline positions, nearshore sediment transport estimates, historic erosion rates, prior reports, aerial images, ground photos, damage records, wind and wave data records, and relevant information collected from interviews. These critical data will serve as the scientific basis for solutions recommended in subsequent tasks.
DELIVERABLE:
1. A memorandum identifying critical erosion areas within the City and providing a database of available pertinent data regarding current and historical shoreline conditions that were used to inform this task. These data may include GIS files, images, documents, matrices, and/or any other type of useful information applicable to the study.
Subtask 2.3 Public Outreach Program
Our team will provide assistance presenting information to and collaborate with the City in relations with the public regarding this project and program. We understand that this subtask is led by the City (and others as needed) and intended to provide meaningful opportunities for public engagement that occur regularly throughout the program. We also are aware that the first public outreach meeting may be held via a City Beaches, Parks, and Recreation Commission forum to maximize stakeholder engagement. Meetings may also occur with the City Planning Commission and City Council. We are experienced in presenting to each of these bodies and can provide helpful assistance to City staff at any point or continually.
The team assumes attendance and presentations at up to four (4) public outreach meetings to obtain feedback from the community and interested stakeholders on locations and project types that should be considered. In addition, the public will review and comment on the Draft Reconnaissance Study Report, and potentially contribute citizen science that may help inform the alternatives proposed to be employed in this project.
DELIVERABLES:
1. PowerPoint presentation files for the City to present at public meetings.
2. Notes from the four (4) meetings.
Subtask 2.4 City Staff and Coastal Commission Staff Coordination Our team understands that we will participate in coordination meetings with CCC staff (virtual or in person) as required. This task will be led by City staff and occur at regular intervals (at least twice per year) for the duration of the contract. It is assumed that four (4) of these meetings will be required. Our interaction with CCC staff on nearby similar projects is extensive and we can certainly provide constructive support to the City.
DELIVERABLES:
1. PowerPoint presentation files for the City to present at four (4) CCC staff coordination meetings.
2. Notes from the four (4) meetings.
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Subtask 2.5 Develop Nature based Resiliency Concept Designs The M&N team will work with the City by using existing data and input from the public to generate innovative and sustainable nature based concepts for adaption to sea level rise. The team will prepare conceptual designs for multiple nature based solution pilot projects for the City’s publicly- and privately-owned beaches depending on the outcomes of previous subtasks, particularly that of 2.2. These preliminary design concepts will be evaluated for function and performance as well as for potential upcoast and downcoast impacts and be developed to approximately a 30% design level to support both future additional technical analyses and an environmental review phase as appropriate/necessary. Consideration for scaling and replicating other related and successful nature based resiliency projects elsewhere in California will be incorporated into project design. It is noteworthy to mention that collectively, our team has the largest number of nature based coastal projects within Southern California that can serve as similar examples to inform the present study.
The team may subdivide the City’s coast into numerous “reaches” that can be addressed as separate units to more easily approach the processes that uniquely affect the various locales of the San Clemente shoreline differently. While each reach would potentially be considered as an individual unit with its own tailored strategy at a smaller scale, these would be designed such that they are still able to be easily combined with all other reaches in a larger, holistic shoreline plan. An example of these potential reaches is shown in the attached figure below. While we anticipate dividing the City shoreline into three to four reaches, the total number of these needs to be managed to keep the effort within the budget specified by the RFP.
Some examples of adaptation approaches include, but are not limited to:
– Living shorelines (e.g., vegetated dunes);
– Cobble berms;
– Beach nourishment;
– Sand retention with nourishment;
– Other approaches including managed retreat, and
– Hybrids of any or all the above.
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Our team uses an approach developed on previous projects. It starts with gathering as a workshop and together formulating a broad range of high level ideas with low levels of detail for the City to consider. Developing these “screening alternatives” is where the team will operate “out of the box” and creatively explore a wide range of approaches. These will be aimed towards stimulating discussions with City staff about the types of actions that may or may not be desirable in different reaches. Each reach would have a range from “softer” approaches, which for example, may be relatively more inexpensive and easier to permit but provide less flood protection, to hybrid designs of increasing complexity that may provide more protection now and into the future but at greater cost and permitting complexity. The range of designs for each reach will be based on existing conditions, current flooding hazards, future flooding hazards with two scenarios of SLR, and other complimentary strategies including but not limited to managed retreat and beach nourishment. All designs will consider potential impacts and/or enhancements to natural resources, public access, and relevant types of coastal-dependent recreation. The screening alternatives will be drawn as schematics with brief descriptions and analyses (e.g., bullet points) and will be presented to City staff for review. With City input, we will narrow down options and expand upon the details of two “project alternatives” per reach that optimize different costs and benefits specific to each site.
The project alternatives will be developed and analyzed in greater detail and will be presented to City staff and then to the CCC, stakeholders, and the public for input and comment through the City’s public outreach and education process. Through this process, pilot projects will be identified in multiple reaches where there are the opportunities and needs for intervention in the near-term.
Designs for the pilot projects will be developed to the 30% level and analyzed for effectiveness under different storm and SLR scenarios.
This process of considering a wide range of low granularity approaches early and then narrowing them down and developing increased detail on a focused small subset per client input has proven to be effective on our other past projects. The process stimulates members of the consulting team with different areas of expertise and experience to develop new ideas that can lead to novel and creative solutions. It can also foster an additional layer of ingenuity tailored to the goals of the project, since often successful proposed solutions incorporate blending various aspects of multiple “screening alternatives” outside of what was originally envisioned. This overall approach also allows City staff and the consulting team to interact in analyzing and discussing options that may clearly not be desirable from the City’s point of view, but expected to come up through public or stakeholder comment. It can then be useful for City staff to be able to say such approaches were considered but rejected in the screening alternative process, thus keeping the focus on designs that fit better within the City’s priorities during the public outreach process.
The team will evaluate the alternatives for their performance using proven methods applied on similar projects. The team will analyze how the alternatives reduce wave runup, erosion, and potential flooding, and how long they can remain effective during sea level rise. Our methods include using the two models called XBeach and CoSMoS Coast. Each is briefly described below.
XBeach is a beach profile model that was applied to both the Capistrano Beach living shoreline and Carpinteria Shoreline Management Plan projects. XBeach analyzes cross-shore sand transport, erosion, and the maximum elevation that waves run-up on the beach during significant storm wave conditions. Storm wave conditions may include the 50-year and 100-year storms as examples, both of which are significant storm condition events. This model is developed by USACE and is widely used.
We will supplement this with use of a long-shore sediment transport model called CoSMoS Coast developed by the U.S. Geological Survey. This model will predict sand movement downcoast and display the resulting shoreline position in the future for each alternative during existing sea level. We applied this model to the Capistrano Beach project and results were successfully accepted by the CCC.
Two sea level rise scenarios will be considered in the modeling in addition to existing sea level. The two scenarios are initially recommended to be one half-meter and one meter. The scenarios will be developed in consultation with City and CCC staff. These represent both near-term and mid- to long-term conditions which are more relevant scenarios to analyze within the scope of the project goals and timeline.
DELIVERABLES:
1. A draft memorandum presenting:
a. A delineation of reaches along the City coast to allow for specific geographic units of analysis (three to four reaches are assumed).
b. Concept-level schematic drawings and descriptions of up to two nature based solutions for adaptation per reach (six total are assumed).
c. Photographic examples and synopses of successful nature based solution projects from other similar sites. d. The design bases for the alternatives and evaluations of their performance.
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Subtask 2.6 Identity Permit Requirements, Data Needs, and Funding Opportunities The M&N team has assisted clients to implement nature based solution projects in the recent past and will be readily able to identify all potential permit/regulatory approvals needed as well as the agencies responsible for issuing these permits. The team can also follow an approach to permitting that has historically proven to have a high probability of success, such as was done for the Capistrano Beach project. The team will identify the anticipated level of environmental review necessary for the projects as appropriate as well as any remaining data gaps or additional technical studies needed to complete the future design work. Finally, this team will specify performance goals and develop a monitoring program outline that leads to program success.
The team ecologists will outline project-specific monitoring needs and performance goals and metrics for each of the pilot projects identified by Subtask 2.5. Monitoring programs are essential when implementing nature based solutions because, due to their dynamic nature, they tend to naturally erode and rebuild in response to storms. A robust monitoring approach will allow accurate assessment of a project’s performance at any point in time within a dynamic and changing environment. The outline of the monitoring program for each pilot project will address the three phases of: 1) implementation, 2) establishment, and 3) longterm timespan. Our team has prepared such outlines on similar projects, subsequently prepared the entire plan, and conducted the monitoring. We have experience to share that will bring value to the City.
The City will need funding to implement this project. Our team has succeeded in assisting other agencies apply for and secure funding and we will bring that expertise to this effort. Our approach is to prepare a matrix of funding sources through research and announcements. M&N did this for the City of Del Mar by incorporating a list of funding opportunities prioritized from most- to least likely to obtain successful granting. We also produced a chronologically organized timeline for grant application submittal deadlines as a funding strategy. This organizational effort to combine funding source information together is a tedious, yet critical task in effectively securing sufficient funds needed to complete program objectives.
Our team is very familiar with available funding resources from the State Department of Boating and Waterways (now part of California State Parks), grants for resilience from Caltrans, and many other grant opportunities such as from the Ocean Protection Council, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California State Coastal Conservancy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to name a few. The team is also available to assist the City in the future with applications for securing funding after the conclusion of this project.
DELIVERABLES:
1. A draft memorandum presenting the following:
a. A matrix of permit requirements, related regulatory agencies, and key contacts. b. An outline of performance goals and monitoring requirements. c. Any environmental review requirements.
d.Additional data and analysis needs.
e. A compilation of funding opportunities and sources indicating those with the highest probability of successful award and order of application submittal timeline requirements if multiple grants are applied for. Any required matching funds will also be identified.
Subtask 2.7 Prepare Preliminary Design and Feasibility Report This task involves the preparation of an internal draft, a public review draft, and a final draft report compiling/encompassing the information obtained from all previous tasks. There will be a minimum 30-day public as well as a CCC staff comment period for the public review draft. The final draft report will be revised to address public and CCC staff comments, summarize opportunities and constraints, refine project recommendations for implementation, and identify next steps for consideration.
The document will include the information provided in the previous memos and consist of text, tables, and figures as well as appendices as appropriate. It will also provide a roadmap to implement the prototype projects used to guide future investments. The document will be presented in a lay-friendly format that can be easily understood by the public.
DELIVERABLES:
1. Public review draft(s) of the Preliminary Design and Feasibility Report (two iterations assumed);
2. Final draft of the Preliminary Design and Feasibility Report; and
3. PowerPoint presentations made to the City’s Beaches, Parks and Recreation Commission, Planning Commission, and/or City Council.
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MEETINGS AND TELECONFERENCES
The project will include meetings and teleconferences (telecons) with the project team and the City. The team expects to collaborate internally and with the City on every task and as such it is suggested that progress meetings/telecons be scheduled strategically. The anticipated meetings and telecons are listed below. A maximum of five (5) meetings are anticipated to be needed.
1. Project Kick-Off Meeting –The team and City will meet and discuss the project goals, expectations, scope of work, schedule, and plan. Notes from the meeting will be provided to the City.
2. Task 2.2 Progress Meeting –The team and City will meet to discuss the Task 2.2 deliverables and identify any needed modifications. Notes from this meeting will be provided to City.
3. Task 2.5 Progress Meeting – The team and City will meet to discuss the Task 2.5 deliverables and identify any needed modifications. Notes from this meeting will be provided to City.
4. Task 2.6 Progress Meeting – The team and City will meet to discuss the Task 2.6 deliverables and identify any needed modifications. Notes from this meeting will be provided to City.
5. Task 2.7 Progress Meeting –The team and City will meet to discuss the Task 2.7 deliverables and identify any needed modifications. Notes from this meeting will be provided to City.
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About Moffatt & Nichol
M&N was founded in Long Beach in 1945 to provide ocean and coastal design engineering services. Seventy-seven years later, M&N has become an international leader in the planning and design of infrastructure and facilities that surround our rivers, harbors, and coastlines, serving clients worldwide from offices in North America, Europe, and Latin America. M&N offers our clients more than 900 professional and experienced staff who specialize in coastal, structural, civil, and marine construction related engineering.
M&N provides a range of quality engineering services and is recognized as a global expert in coastal engineering. Our firm understands the community needs and is proficient in applying the latest scientific tools in our coastal regions, including coastal modeling and hydraulics, the most recent sea level guidance, marine construction cost estimating, and navigating the challenging regulatory regime. Our experience and approach lead to buildable and maintainable projects with smooth environmental processes where innovative, environmentally meaningful, and fiscally responsible project solutions are implemented.
COASTAL EXPERTS
This proposal will demonstrate M&N ’s qualifications and experience in coastal design, permitting, CEQA, and construction support for shoreline protection projects in California.
We are national and regional leaders in the design and permitting of shoreline projects that include rock revetments (new and repaired), vertical walls, beach nourishment, sand retention devices, cobble berms, and living shorelines (e.g. vegetated dunes). We are uniquely qualified with our current site knowledge and experience leading the engineering and permitting for the previous projects for the City.
M&N’s coastal engineers and scientists are industry leaders in shoreline morphology modeling considering sea level rise impacts, wave and tsunami modeling and FEMA Coastal Floodplain mapping. They have preformed these services on projects for coastally impacted clients extensively in Southern California.
M&N also develops detailed hydrologic and hydraulic studies to evaluate and define the nature of flooding, potential impacts to infrastructure and habitat, viable alternatives analysis, and development of sustainable solutions. We routinely apply numeric models to establish boundary conditions, characterize existing systems, and predict future parameters based on proposed system modifications. Our capabilities also include sediment transport modeling that can simulate the sedimentation patterns and transport processes in coastal systems. Our shoreline modeling work includes projects in Orange, San Diego, and Santa Barbara counties.
We used Genesis for all three counties, and CoSMoS Coast for the Capistrano Beach project.
A LOCAL’S UNDERSTANDING OF CITY NEEDS
M&N has extensive, recent, similar project experience and will apply our lessons learned from working on the City’s Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment Project and Lifeguard Headquarters Analysis of Shoreline Project. Our proposed deputy project manager, Justin Peglow, is a San Clemente resident and lives less than five minutes away walking distance from the project location.
MOFFATT &
NICHOL
B Y T H E
NUMBERS
MAIN POINT OF
CONTACT/ PROJECT
MANAGER
CHRIS WEBB
FIRM
HEADQUARTERS
4225 East Conant Street
Long Beach, CA 90808
900+
EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE
AVAILABLE
STAFF
IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
TYPE OF
ORGANIZATION
CORPORATION
YEARS FOUNDED
1945
45 OFFICES WORLDWIDE
232
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Subconsultant Team
M&N has built a team to support the City that will maximize efficiencies through shared knowledge and local connections. Our team of subconsultant experts include Coastal Restoration Consultants for nature based green solutions, Coastal Frontiers Consultants for shoreline monitoring efforts, and GHD Consultants to support sea-level rise assessments.
Coastal Frontiers Corporation (CFC) provides specialized consulting services in coastal engineering, coastal oceanography, and shoreline/coastal structure surveying. CFC capabilities range from data acquisition and regional coastal shoreline dynamics analyses through design, construction support, and performance monitoring. They undertake office and field studies to fulfill clients’ objectives, which range from applied research to solving practical engineering problems. This combination of field and analytical skills has enabled CFC to perform more than 1,000 coastal projects since their inception. Their services encompass all phases in the service life of coastal and nearshore structures, including planning, permitting, design, construction, monitoring, maintenance, and removal. Clients have included the Los Angeles District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the State of California, the San Diego Association of Governments, the counties of Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara, coastal cities that include San Clemente, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Laguna Beach, and Long Beach, and the Surfrider Foundation.
CFC has been based in Southern California for their entire 34-year history. This presence, combined with their ongoing involvement with field as well as analysis projects, has provided them with extensive first-hand knowledge of the coastal environment. In addition, they are familiar with repositories of historical data, local construction materials and practices, and representatives of the key federal and state regulatory agencies. CFC was directly involved in the City’s previous work on the San Clemente Shoreline Monitoring Program and has experience working near the project location including engagement in the Coastal Engineering Analysis for the Marine Safety Building Seawall and Shoreline Erosion Monitoring and Projections for Marine Safety Building.
Coastal Restoration Consultants (CRC) specializes in planning, managing, and implementing large-scale ecological restoration projects. They aim to maximize project ecological benefits and long-term sustainability now and into the future, planning for climate change and SLR. The firm focuses on restoring high-functioning resilient coastal ecosystems using creative, science-based approaches to restore natural ecosystem processes. Over the past 15 years they have worked on several regionally significant restoration planning and implementation efforts in southern California in a wide variety of habitats.
Their projects emphasize the importance of defining clear restoration goals and using a research-based adaptive approach to attain those goals. Their approach integrates restoration of natural processes with principles of landscape ecology to design self-sustaining projects. With a long track record of working synergistically with M&N on many successful projects, including the currently ongoing Carpinteria Living Shoreline project. CRC has been selected to create the adaptation plan for that project due to their expertise in the arena as well. Their adaptation concepts are nature based and directly apply to beach sites, with an approach best-suited for this project.
GHD Consultants (GHD) has enhanced the health and sustainability of local communities and ecosystems through the analysis, design and implementation of numerous coastal resiliency projects throughout California.
They understand the project drivers, stakeholders, and regulatory settings which allows them to develop viable and innovative projects for their clients. Their guiding design principles focus on using the best available science to develop multi-benefit projects that preserve and enhance California’s unique coastal resources.
Their team members are recognized leaders in coastal science and engineering and are backed by GHD’s global network of over 10,000 technical experts who routinely collaborate to share lessons learned, provide independent reviews and stay up to date with latest science and technologies related to coastal resiliency. GHD team members have worked with M&N for over a decade. Aaron Holloway and Brian Leslie both played important roles in the development of the City of San Clemente’s Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment while employed with M&N. Aaron led the preparation of the plan while Brian served in a QA/QC role. Aaron also contributed to the preparation of the City’s Coastal Resiliency Plan.
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Organization Chart
In an effort to provide the highest level of service possible, proposed Project Manager Chris Webb has assembled a team of in-house staff and specialty subconsultants—one that has worked together in the past on similar projects. M&N has brought together a expert and specialized team of professionals to provide the required services for this project, strategically and purposefully selected to provide complementary and supplementary services, and each firm is highly qualified to provide the services for which they are responsible. Our team members have all played, or are currently playing, important roles on projects similar to this one.
NATURE-BASED
RESILIENCY CONCEPTS
Dave Hubbard CRC
Matt James, MS CRC
Brian Leslie GHD
Chris Webb
Justin Peglow
PROJECT MANAGER
Chris Webb
DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER
Justin Peglow
PROJECT DIRECTOR & QA/QC
Shelly Anghera, PhD
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE
Cecilia Gallardo-Daly
VULNERABILITIES
Jake Thickman
Aaron Holloway GHD
Justin Peglow
Greg Hearon CFC
Chris Webb
PERMITTING
REQUIREMENTS
Kim Garvey
Brian Leslie GHD
Chris Webb
PRELIMINARY DESIGN
Design
Kim Garvey
Weixia Jin, PhD, PE
Aaron Holloway GHD
Dave Hubbard CRC
Analysis and Modeling
Weixia Jin, PhD, PE
Bryce Corlett, PhD, EIT
Constructability
Matt James, MS CRC
Russ Boudreau, PE, DCE,
DPE CFC
Matt Taylor
Costs
Matt Taylor
FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES
Beach Economics
Phil King
Grant Opportunities
Phil King
Chris Webb
Jake Thickman
LEGEND
All staff is M&N unless otherwise noted.
Key Personnel
SUBCONSULTANTS
CFCCoastal Frontiers Corporation
CRCCoastal Restoration Consultants
GHD GHD, Inc.
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CHRIS WEBB
Project Manager
Chris is a coastal scientist who specializes in coastal planning and geomorphology, including projects involving shoreline planning, coastal impact studies, beach nourishment, wetland restoration, riverine restoration, water quality assessments, and field data measurement. He performs concept and environmental planning services, prepares sampling and analysis plans, assists with designs, secures permits, performs presentations to clients and the public, and serves as a supervisory-level project manager. Nature based solutions are the emphasis within his purview of adaptation strategies to climate change with the objective of increasing the resilience resilience of coastal sites.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
San Clemente Opportunistic Beach Fill Program, San Clemente, CA. Project manager who oversaw a program that acquired general permits for placing a maximum total of 300,000 cubic yards of sand on three of the city’s beaches per year. The sand had to meet certain criteria for grain size, chemistry and color. Placement had to occur in a fashion that mimiced nature to the greatest degree. Sand was transported to the beach by truck. The first project occurred in summer of 2005 with 5,000 cubic yards of sand and the second in 2016 with 12,000 cubic yards of sand from Santa Ana River dredging.
Hermosa Beach Living Shoreline, Hermosa Beach, CA. Project manager the leading the development of resiliency improvements to design a living shoreline. These green infrastructure improvements will help protect coastal infrastructure from flooding with sea level rise.
San Elijo Lagoon Restoration and Cardiff State Beach Living Shoreline, Encinitas, CA. Project manager who led the planning and engineering for the restoration of 1,000 acres of degraded wetland at San Elijo Lagoon. Managed the preliminary and final engineering tasks, as well as led the team for environmental review and permitting. Coordinated lagoon and shoreline modeling to address hydrodynamics, sedimentation, and water quality. This project includes nature based solutions for multiple problems, including sand placement, living shorelines, and wetland restoration. Incorporated beach nourishment to the living shoreline project in 2018 which was subsequently renourished in 2021. The team is currently providing post-construction monitoring.
Carpinteria Dune and Shoreline Management Plan Project, Carpinteria, CA. Managed the effort to analyze the City of Carpinteria’s shoreline for erosional hot spots and recommend nature based solutions. The project team included CRC for their ecological expertise and both M&N and CRC formulated a living shoreline concept along the City beach that was a single-ridge planted dune with a widened beach in front of it, as well as pilot sand retention groin to hold the position of the beach during storm wave conditions. Modeling showed the dune to reduced wave runup and overtopping. The project was modeled after the adjacent Carpinteria State Beach that possesses natural dunes.
Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan, San Diego, CA. Managed preparation of San Diego Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan (CRSM Plan). The CRSM Plan analyzed the need for regional sediment management and specified conceptual projects and tasks to be completed to implement the Plan in San Diego. M&N worked on several projects resulting from the Plan. Projects consisted of large-scale beach nourishment, lagoon dredging and small-scale nourishment, utilization of surplus upland material for nourishment, and installing sediment retention devices along the coast.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
33 EDUCATION
BA, Physical Geography, San
Diego State University
MA, Geography, San Diego
State University
OFFICE LOCATION
Costa Mesa
AFFILIATIONS
California Shore and Beach
Preservation Association
(CSBPA), Director
Key Personnel Resumes
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SHELLY ANGHERA, PHD
Project Director, Quality Manager
Shelly Anghera is a principal scientist with more than 20 years of experience conducting field and laboratory studies related to eco-toxicology and sediment quality characterization. Her expertise centers on field study design, sediment characterization, water and sediment testing and analysis, implementation strategies for dredged material management, total maximum daily load (TMDL) compliance, and California’s sediment quality objectives application.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Regional Contaminated Sediment Management Plans, Los Angeles County, CA. Led the development of four complimentary plans for the City of Long Beach, City of Los Angeles, and County of Los Angeles for the long-term management of legacy contaminants in marine sediments to promote management actions that are ecologically beneficial and logistically and economically feasible. The plans detail processes to identify, prioritize, and manage impacted sediments. The effort continues with the development of a fourth contaminated sediment management plan for Marina del Rey.
Total Maximum Daily Loads Services, Long Beach, CA. Principal scientist in developing a comprehensive strategy and program under contract to the Port of Long Beach to support the implementation and compliance with TMDLs. The program extends over 10 years and $10,000,0000 of services to develop and negotiate responsible management solutions based on sound science for TMDL reconsideration.
Copper and Organochlorine Pesticide TMDL Support, Newport Beach, CA. Assisted the City of Newport Beach to prepare for upcoming water quality regulations for legacy pollutants and copper boat paint. Legacy pollutants include pesticides and herbicides that have been discontinued but remain at significant levels in the environment. Copper-based antifouling paints used to protect underwater boat hulls by reducing the growth marine organisms have been identified as the largest source of copper contaminants in local boating harbors, including Upper and Lower Newport Bay. Boat bottom cleaning and normal leaching activities have resulted in the release of copper into the water and sediments. Assistance has included conducting technical presentations, designing special studies, and developing potential management strategies.
Technical Feasibility Evaluation for Outer Harbor Sediment Placement and Ecosystem Restoration (OHSPER) Site, Long Beach, CA. Led a series of technical evaluations to support to support engineering design and permitting for the Port of Long Beach to permit a confined aquatic disposal (CAD) facility in the port’s outer harbor, known as the OHSPER site. The site will be developed to receive both clean and contaminated sediments for long-term sediment management. Studies included evaluation of the physical isolation of contaminants (i.e., prop wash, anchor scour, and bioturbation) and chemical containment (i.e., contaminant flux via advection or diffusion). Also led the development of an operations management and monitoring plan (OMMP) to document the planned approach for managing the site, which included monitoring procedures for key aspects of site use.
Pre-Design Sediment Sampling and Preliminary Ecological Risk Assessment for Determination of Sediment Remediation Alternatives, Los Angeles, CA. Led a team of scientists for the design, interpretation, and development of various remedial alternatives for the Southwest Marine and Al Larson Boat Shop tenant sites for the Port of Los Angeles. Study involved estimation of ongoing contributions and source tracking of landside portions of leasehold areas into the water and sediment on the waterside portion of the leasehold area. Managed sampling and analysis plan, sample size justification, mapping, quality assurance plan, statistical analyses, and the development of conceptual remedial designs for Port of Los Angeles engineers.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
20 EDUCATION
PhD, Environmental Health
Sciences, University of
California, Los Angeles
BS, Aquatic Biology, University
of California, Santa Barbara
OFFICE LOCATION
Costa Mesa & Carlsbad
AFFILIATIONS
Western Dredging Association
(WEDA), Vice President of
Pacific Chapter
Western Dredging Association
(WEDA), Board Member and
Chair of the Technical Paper
Committee
Los Penasquitos Lagoon
Foundation, Treasurer and
Board Member
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JUSTIN PEGLOW
Deputy Project Manager
Justin Peglow is a Coastal Scientist with a comprehensive research-based academic background in environmental and marine biological sciences. He has a wide range of professional experience in various work settings including but not limited to Nuclear Operations, Environmental Health and Safety oversight, project management, and state-funded grant marine ecology researcher positions.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Point Mugu Wetland Restoration Project, Point Mugu Naval Base, CA. Coastal scientist collecting tide gauge data and beach sediment samples in-field, as well as gathering and processing historical wave data influencing project site. Interfaces with client and contracting partners regularly and designs shoreline protection concept for construction. Project scope includes restoring recurrent dune overwash sites along the shoreline to restore natural tidal circulation and improve habitat function. Development of successful rehabilitation and fortification design is to be led by measuring parameters of presently degraded ecosystem and comparing to historic records/causative factors to better establish a healthy equilibrium.
Mission Bay Preliminary Environmental Impact Report: Supplemental Environmental Programs Additional Technical Studies, Mission Bay, CA. Coastal scientist engaging in technical writing and principal composition of official report on a wave, current, and tidal study in Mission Bay. Meets with client, contracting partners, and stakeholders, and leads more junior staff in support of the technical document. The project entails better understanding the erosive mechanics of the shoreline in vulnerable areas of the Bay via in-situ measurements of related environmental parameters. Understanding what drives shoreline instability within this system will greatly improve the success of long-term restoration efforts to be defined in later phases of the project.
San Elijo Lagoon Monitoring Study, Cardiff-By-The-Sea, CA. Coastal scientist collecting tide gauge data in-field, and servicing and re-installing underwater sensors at study site. Meets with client and contracting partners and engages in additional monitoring study concepts and designs.
Project scope involves continuous monitoring post company-designed, major lagoon restoration effort to enhance natural tidal current flow into estuarine system. Monitoring efforts postconstruction provide information for future modifications to intimately follow and inform actions that ensure the health of the ecosystem.
San Dieguito Lagoon Restoration Plan, Del Mar, CA. Coastal scientist deploying, extracting data from, and maintaining tide gauges in the San Dieguito Lagoon. Both in-situ water quality parameter data are taken periodically on-site as well as that from water level meters installed to track tidal influence at multiple points within the watershed. The W-19 site has been proposed to undergo habitat restoration after longstanding anthropogenic disturbance and degradation (concept design by M&N). Fifty acres of the lagoonal environment is to be rehabilitated to healthy function, the degree to which can be partially tracked based on the amount of tidal flux and dissolved oxygen within the system. Ongoing monitoring efforts facilitate improved restoration success and maintenance measures.
Huntington Beach Wetlands Talbert Outlet Closure Water Quality Monitoring, Huntington Beach, CA. Coastal scientist performing regular detailed water quality data collection utilizing a submergible multiparameter sonde at various points along the Huntington Beach Wetlands watershed complex. After the heavily anthropogenically constricted tidal inlet of the Huntington Beach Wetlands was naturally closed by a storm event in 2022 (and temporarily prevented from reopening due to regulatory constraints), monitoring was needed to determine the impacts of the closure on the water quality and health of the estuarine ecosystem. The regular monitoring of water quality after tidal flow was cut off will help drive mitigation measures for related impacts to the habitat before and during restoration and allow for a nimble response by stakeholders to the ecosystem needs.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
10 EDUCATION
MS, Marine Science, Moss
Landing Marine Labs &
California State University
BS, Environmental Sciences,
University of North Carolina
OFFICE LOCATION
Costa Mesa & Carlsbad
REGISTRATION/
CERTIFICATION
360 Training, OSHA 30-Hour
Construction Industry, 2014
Professional Association of
Diving Instructors (PADI), Open
Water Diver, Diver Number:
0808049985, 2008
AFFILIATIONS
American Shore & Beach
Preservation Association
(ASBPA), Member
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KIM GARVEY
Permitting Requirements
Kimberly Garvey has obtained more than 70 regulatory permits on a variety of coastal projects.
Her permitting and environmental review experience includes determination of permitting requirements and schedules, coordination with regulatory agencies, permit applications, permit follow-up, development of project descriptions and construction methods for environmental review (CEQA and NEPA) documents, coastal impact analyses, and compensatory mitigation plans.
The projects have involved the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, State and Regional Water Boards, California Coastal Commission, California State Lands Commission, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA National Marine Fisheries, U.S. EPA, U.S. Coast Guard, and County and City agencies.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Capistrano Beach County Park Shore Protection, Orange County, CA. Prepared engineering plans and supported Coastal Commission permitting for construction of emergency shoreline protection along Capistrano Beach. Evaluated shoreline protection alternatives. Performed analyses/modeling for long-term beach nourishment. Currently supporting acquisition of Coastal Commission permit and development of County’s Master Plan for both interim and long-term time horizons. Preparing Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) for beach nourishment/cobble berm/vegetated dunes pilot project.
San Onofre and Doheny and State Beaches, San Onofre and Dana Point, CA. Project manager responsible for developing shoreline alternatives analysis report and long-term coastal hazards management plan to address ongoing coastal erosion at both State Beaches. Supported DPR on Coastal Commission permitting and construction of emergency shore protection to maintain public access to Surf Beach.
Lower Santa Ana River Sand Management, Orange County, CA. Project manager responsible for leading the preparation of engineering plans and bid documents, permits acquisition, CEQA, sediment characterization, biology work, construction support, and post-construction reporting. Project included maintenance dredging of the river and beneficial reuse of the material on adjacent beaches, including Newport Beach. Currently providing postconstruction permit compliance, including beach profile, surf, and eelgrass monitoring.
Seacliff Shore Protection, Ventura County, CA. Prepared coastal engineering analyses (wave uprush study), obtained regulatory permits, prepared bid documents, and provided engineering support during construction. Regulatory agencies include the CCC, CA State Lands Commission, USACE, RWQCB, and the County of Ventura. Project is for the repair of a rock revetment shore protection of Seacliff Beach Colony homes.
Hueneme Beach Shore Protection, Port Hueneme, CA. Obtained both emergency and longterm regulatory permits for rock revetment shoreline protection. Supported development of the CEQA document. Prepared coastal engineering analyses (wave uprush study) and engineering bid package and provided engineering support during construction.
Sandpoint Road (Sandyland) Shore Protection, County of Santa Barbara, CA. Led the permit process for repair of the existing rock revetment. Supported preparation of design plans and development of the pull-back revetment alternative.
Goleta Beach County Park, Goleta, CA. Prepared engineering plans and supported County to obtain emergency permits for construction of shoreline protection (rock revetment and sand berm) along Goleta Beach in response to El Niño conditions. Assisted on several sand nourishment projects. Prepared project documents necessary to meet regulatory requirements. Assessed and reported on pre- and post-nourishment monitoring results. Supported development of Long-Term Protection Plan EIR.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
19 EDUCATION
MS, Aeronautical and
Astronautical Engineering,
Purdue University
BS, Mechanical Engineering,
University of California, Santa
Barbara
OFFICE LOCATION
Long Beach
REGISTRATION/
CERTIFICATION
Certificate, Coastal
Engineering, Old Dominion
University, 2006
AFFILIATIONS
President, California Chapter
of American Shore and Beach
Preservation Association
(CSBPA)
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WEIXIA JIN, PHD, DCE, PE
Analysis and Modeling
Dr. Weixia Jin joined Moffatt & Nichol in 1997 and has since participated in a wide range of wetlands, marina, coastal, estuary, watershed, and riverine engineering projects. Her engineering experience includes engineering designs of tidal control structures, revetments, tidal inlets, jetties, weirs, and shore protection structures; numerical modeling of wetland hydraulics, wetland and coastal water quality, wetland sedimentation, wave and tsunami propagations, and coastal watershed hydrology and hydraulics; engineering studies of wave runup, overtopping and damage; preparation of bridge hydraulics and sedimentation reports. She is fully trained in Moffatt & Nichol’s Quality Management System and often serves in this role on area projects.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
San Elijo Lagoon Restoration and Cardiff State Beach Living Shoreline, Encinitas, CA. Task manager who identified additional information and provided technical support needed for preparing a joint Environmental Impact Report/ Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the project. Performed tidal and flood hydrodynamic modeling with RAM2 model, and salinity dilution and bacteria water quality modeling during the storms with RMA4 model. Also conducted tidal muting and inlet stability studies, analyzed impacts of sea level rise, and predicted flood/ebb shoal growth rate and lagoon sedimentation trends and patterns. Designed the riprap shore protection for the tidal entrance channel, embankments, and pedestrian bridges and assisted with postconstruction monitoring.
Talbert Regional Park Restoration Project Orange County, CA. Task manager who performed tidal hydraulic modeling analysis, provided wetland hydrology for restoration and sized hydraulic connections to the Santa Ana River.
Final Design for Bolsa Chica Lowlands Restoration, Huntington Beach, CA. Conducted the tidal flood hydrodynamic modeling with the RMA2 model for wetland habitat, a 350-foot-wide tidal inlet, and bridge designs; developed a flood shoal management plan; performed bridge scour analysis with HEC-18 methods; prepared a bridge hydraulic report reviewed by Caltrans; designed tidal inlet, jetties, water level control structures for connections between the full tidal basin and muted tidal basin, and the pre-filled ebb bar. Dr. Jin also performed studies and calculations of wave setup in the jettied inlet, SLR at project site, wave attenuation in the jettied entrance, wave runup and overtopping over the levees, riprap and revetment protections.
Regional SLR Study for San Diego County, CA. Collected and reviewed SLR guidance from federal and state agencies; collated reports and data from other design consultants of design water levels for the I-5, Hwy 101, and the Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor (LOSSAN Corridor) railroad bridge crossings over the river and lagoon to determine the optimum bridge freeboard for new bridge design. This study presents the processes to determine sea levels for the San Diego coastal region to be utilized for the design of transportation infrastructure associated with the proposed I-5 North Coast Corridor (NCC) Program including rail, roadway, and bridge improvements. The study area encompasses coastal areas from north San Diego County to just south of the I-5/I-805 merge.
Huntington Beach Desalination and SLR Analysis, Huntington Beach, CA. Project engineer who provided technical support on nearshore hydrodynamic, waves, and particle transport related to proposed desalination intakes. Tasks included reviewing available regional oceanic modeling system (ROMS) for the Southern California Bight and San Pedro Shelf, directing numeric modeling of a nearshore tidal, wave, and particle track modeling with MIKE FM modeling suite, and provide EIR support.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
33 EDUCATION
PhD, Hydraulics & Water
Resources
ME, Coastal and Ocean
Engineering
BA, Harbor and Navigation
Engineering
OFFICE LOCATION
Costa Mesa
REGISTRATION/
CERTIFICATION
Professional Engineer –
California (Civil)
Diplomate, Coastal
Engineering (DCE), Academy
of Coastal, Ocean, Port and
Navigation Engineers (ACOPNE)
GIS Certificate, Westech
College
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JAKE THICKMAN
Vulnerabilities, Grant Opportunities
Jake Thickman has worked across several coastal science fields to address issues related to coastal community hazard resilience, coastal ecosystem health, and water quality. Through a range of diverse projects, Jake has developed a broad expertise related to coastal hazards and ecology, technical writing, and coastal/environmental planning and policy analysis. As a coastal scientist for M&N, Jake now applies these skills to resilience challenges in coastal zones, providing support in the areas of coastal hazards analysis, hazard mitigation, and adaptation strategy development for at-risk communities and infrastructure.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
City of San Clemente SLR Study, San Clemente, CA. Worked as a coastal scientist in support of a sea level rise vulnerability assessment for the City of San Clemente. Responsible for development and review of coastal hazard analysis reports and outreach materials for public meetings.
City of Dana Point Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment, Dana Point, CA. Coastal scientist responsible for assisting in the preparation of adaptation strategies related to future SLR projections for the City of Dana Point to inform planning policies required as part of an update to the City’s Local Coastal Program. Strategies covered a diverse coastline including steep bluffs, an engineered harbor, and low-lying sandy beaches.
City of Avalon Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan, Avalon, CA. Building on work conducted during previous SLR Vulnerability Assessment, developed conceptual adaptation strategies the City could utilize to protect coastal infrastructure, development, and recreational resources. Concepts were informed with extensive outreach efforts to gauge community preferences Strategies were incorporated into a final Adaptation Plan as part of the City Local Coastal Program update process.
City of Avalon Transportation Adaptation Plan, Avalon, CA. Building on work conducted during previous SLR Vulnerability Assessment, performed analysis of potential adaptation strategies the City could utilize to protect coastal transportation infrastructure including coastal roadways and ferry terminals. Adaptation strategies were developed so that they may be phased in over time, with extensive outreach efforts to gauge community preferences.
Dana Point Harbor AB 691 Sea Level Rise Assessment, Dana Point, CA. Coastal scientist responsible for assessing the vulnerability of Harbor resources to sea level rise hazards in terms of hazard exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. Resource vulnerability was analyzed using GIS and publicly available sea level rise hazard information. The financial impacts of sea level rise were also evaluated to meet AB 691 criteria, including quantitative and qualitative analyses of structural damages, loss of income, and non-market value loss.
City of Coronado Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan, Coronado, CA. Coastal scientist responsible for coastal hazard analysis and risk assessment for City SLR vulnerability assessment. Analyzed hazards across six SLR scenarios and multiple storm conditions, compiling inventories of vulnerable resources and replacement value estimates for impacted infrastructure.
City of Hermosa Beach Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment, Hermosa Beach, California.
Coastal scientist responsible for conducting City Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment to inform living shoreline design along the City waterfront. Analysis of flood, erosion, and groundwater hazards was conducted through GIS with results and implications summarized in a final report.
City of Huntington Beach Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment, Huntington Beach, CA.
Coastal scientist responsible for updates to City SLR vulnerability assessment and Coastal Resiliency Plan to conform with current SLR guidance and projections as part of an update to the City Local Coastal Program. Led GIS-based coastal hazard analysis across SLR scenarios up to 10ft.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
5 EDUCATION
MS, Marine and Atmospheric
Sciences, Stony Brook
University, New York, 2016
MA, Marine Conservation and
Policy, Stony Brook University,
New York
BS, Environmental Science,
University of Florida
OFFICE LOCATION
Long Beach
AFFILIATIONS
American Society of
Adaptation Professionals
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RUSS BOUDREAU, PE, DCE, DPE
Constructability
Russ Boudreau is a principal coastal engineer with over 36 years of relevant experience, serving as both project engineer and project manager on a wide range of projects involving coastal processes, environmental restoration, and shore protection. Russ’ experience in these areas ranges from planning and design through permit acquisition, preparation of final design documents and construction management. He brings field-tested coastal engineering solutions to issues surrounding accelerating coastal erosion and sea level rise. He has served as a project manager and principal for studies and projects that support coastal and waterfront clients seeking planning strategies to manage the threat of sea level rise, including the use of living shoreline projects to protect critical infrastructure including a major coastal highway and wastewater treatment facility.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessments and Coastal Development Permit Support, Long Beach, CA. Working closely with the City of Long Beach Tidelands staff to evaluate the vulnerability to and adaptation strategies for accelerating sea level rise for various coastal capital improvement and/or restoration projects including an existing junior lifeguard building and a new public pool/ aquatic facility. Planning efforts on the latter project included close coordination with the California Coastal Commission staff at the staff level through senior management.
San Clemente Bike Trail, San Clemente, CA. Project engineer for concept design and coastal impact analysis of a bicycle/pedestrian trail along the city coastline. Coastal access along the railroad line was considered dangerous to users. The new trail concept was to be located seaward of the railroad and would provide controlled and safe coastal access. Prepared design and assisted in determining coastal impacts and preparation of the CEQA document.
Sand Retention Groin Repair, Pacific Palisades, CA. Project manager and project engineer for a project to evaluate shoreline restoration alternatives. The shoreline was historically stabilized by a series of rubblemound groins, which have gradually deteriorated over many decades. The project included preparation of plans to repair the groins in order to restore their beach sand retention function. Played a key role in negotiations with the California State Lands Commission regarding lease compliance associated with the repair project and with acquisition of the Coastal Development Permit for the repair from the California Coastal Commission.
Cardiff Beach Living Shoreline, Encinitas, CA. Project engineer for a living shoreline project to protect transportation infrastructure (Coast Highway 101), environmental resources (San Elijo Lagoon), public access and utilities. The project will beneficially reuse dredged sediment from ongoing lagoon maintenance dredging to adaptively manage the dune and fronting beach volumes, as a critical element of the project under future sea level rise.
Wailuku-Kahului Wastewater Reclamation Facility Living Shoreline Project, Maui County, Department of Environmental Management, HI. Project engineer and manager for a coastal planning and engineering project to assist the County of Maui in their decision-making regarding an existing wastewater reclamation facility. Responsibilities included analysis of shoreline erosion trends, assessment of potential causes, and developing alternative courses of action for facilities relocation or protection. He then served as the lead engineer for the final design through construction support. Key design elements of the living shoreline project include buried shoreline protection, beach nourishment, dune restoration, managed retreat, adaptation for future sea level rise, and tsunami protection. This living shoreline project was recognized by the Federal Highway Administration as a model example of a living shoreline project for protection of public infrastructure in 2019.
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
36 EDUCATION
M Eng, Coastal Engineering,
UC Berkeley 1980
BA, Applied Mechanics and
Engineering Science, UC San
Diego 1978
OFFICE LOCATION
Moorpark
REGISTRATION/
CERTIFICATION
Professional Engineer –
California (Civil)
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PHIL KING, PHD
Beach Economics, Grant Opportunities
Dr. King is associate professor of economics at San Francisco State University. He has extensive experience studying the economics of coastal California studies including focusing on sea level rise, beach ecosystems, climate change, sediment management. He has worked with a wide range of local, state, and federal agencies including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, California EPA, California Coastal Commission, and California Energy Commission, as well as many California coastal county governments including LA County. His expertise in studying the economic impacts of and related to climate change has resulted in numerous publications.
SELECTED ACADEMIC PAPERS
“Beach Sustainability Assessment: The Development and Utility of an Interdisciplinary Approach to Sandy Beach Monitoring. with Kiki Patsch, Philip King, Dan R. Reineman, Sarah Jenkins, Clare Steele, Emily Gaston, Sean Anderson Journal of Coastal Research 2021; doi: https:// doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-20-00174.1
A Holistic Framework for Evaluating Adaptation Approaches to Coastal Hazards and Sea Level Rise: A Case Study from Imperial Beach, California.” with Revell, David, Phil King, Jeff Giliam, Juliano Calil, Sarah Jenkins, Chris Helmer, Jim Nakagawa, Alex Snyder, Joe Ellis, and Matt Jamieson. Water 13.9 (2021): 1324.
“Valuing Beach Ecosystems in an Age of Retreat.” with C. Nelsen, J. Dugan, D. Hubbard, K.
Martin, R. Battalio, Shore and Beach, v. 86, No. 4, Fall 2018, pp. 45-59. “The Market Transfer Effect in the Hawaiian Longline Fishery: Why Correlation Does Not Imply Causation.” with J. Scorse, S. Richards. Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics: Vol. 4, 2017. “Can California Coastal Managers plan for sea-level rise in a cost-effective way.” with Aaron McGregor and Justin Whittet, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, v. 59, pp. 98- 119. January 2015.
“Estimating the Potential Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Southern California Beaches.” with L. Pendleton, C. Mohn, D. G. Webster, R. Vaughn, and P. Adams, Climatic Change, November 2011, pp. 277-298.
“Who’s Counting: An Analysis of Beach Attendance Estimates in Southern California.” with A.
McGregor, Ocean and Coastal Management, March 2012, Pages 17–25. “Size Matters: The Economic Value of Beach Erosion and Nourishment in Southern California.” with L. Pendleton, C. Mohn, R. Vaughn, and J. Zoulas., Contemporary Economic Policy, April 2012.
“Economic Analysis of Reconfiguring the Long Beach Breakwater.” with A. McGregor, R.
Boudreau, Shore and Beach, April/May 2011.
SELECTED POLICY PAPERS PREPARED FOR GOVERNMENT AND NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
Prepared Economic and Fiscal Analyses of the Economics of Sea Level Rise for following cities:
Manhattan Beach, Carpinteria, Imperial Beach, Goleta, Pacifica, Oceanside, Newport Beach, and Ventura County.
Completed Sea Grant (w. Charles Colgan and Fernando DePaolis) applying a Monte Carlo Analysis to Sea Level Rise in the City of Monterey (article under submission). “Access for All: A New Generation’s Challenge on the California Coast”, w. Jon Christenson (UCLA) January 2017. https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/coastal-access/
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
30 EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Economics, Cornell
University
B.A. in Philosophy & Economics,
Washington University
OFFICE LOCATION
Oakland
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Nature Based Resiliency, Constructability
Matt has been working on restoration of wetlands and uplands in coastal southern California since 1993. In over 25 years in this field, Matt has been involved in virtually all aspects of restoration in a wide variety of settings. His early experience was in an academic setting, where he designed and conducted grant-funded research-based Adaptive Restoration projects at Tijuana Estuary, Sweetwater Marsh and throughout UCSB’s Natural Areas. Matt co-taught a restoration ecology class for several years at UCSB as well. In 2005, Matt partnered with David Hubbard and formed CRC, and since then has prepared over 20 restoration plans and helped coordinate the implementation of over 50 acres of grant-funded habitat restoration. Matt’s more recent focus has been on planning sustainable and resilient large-scale habitat restoration projects, designing and implementing Adaptive Restoration projects, and using nature-based solutions to increase the resilience of coastal communities and habitats as sea level rises and climate changes.
Education: 1998 - M.S. in Biology - Ecology San Diego State University 1994 - B.S. in Biology University of California, Irvine Representative Project Experience
• Carpinteria Dune and Shoreline Management Plan. 2020 – 2022. We are designing living shoreline and green engineering solutions for Carpinteria City and State beaches to provide protection from coastal flooding as sea level rises. (Client: City of Carpinteria) • Using Green Engineering to Restore Dunes at Border Field State Park. 2018 – Present. We planned and implemented a large-scale experiment to test techniques for building dune topography through ecological restoration. The results of the experiment will be used to demonstrate the effectiveness of restoring dunes to increase coastal resilience, a strategy that can be used throughout the region to protect vulnerable coastal communities and habitats from flooding now and with sea level rise in the future. (Client: Sea Grant and California State Parks)
• LAX Dunes Restoration. 2019 – Present. We are providing expert support in revising an Ecological Landscape Plan for the CCC for a 5-acre dune restoration project that includes restoration methods and monitoring and adaptive management protocols to assure project success. (Client: The Bay Foundation) • Manhattan Beach Living Shoreline. 2019 – 2020. We designed a living shoreline project that focused on restoring degraded dune habitat to build coastal resiliency. (Client: The Bay Foundation) • Hermosa Beach Living Shoreline. 2021 – 2022. We are designing living shoreline and green engineering solutions for the City of Hermosa Beach to provide protection from coastal flooding as sea level rises.(Client:
City of Hermosa Beach)
• Understanding Risk – Coastal Assessment of Eight Towns. 2019 – Present. We are working within a team of engineers and planners to assess how restoration of coral reef, mangrove, and beach/dune habitats in Jamaica can help reduce the risk of flooding in coastal communities due to sea level rise and hurricane-induced storm surge. (Client: Jamaica Coastal Investment Fund)
• Ormond Beach Wetlands Restoration Plan. 2017 – 21. We are providing ecological expertise on the development of a preferred restoration alternative for the 630-acre coastal wetland and dune complex in Oxnard. CRC led the field reconnaissance and mapping effort for sensitive plant and wildlife species and is acting as the biological lead in the development of restoration alternatives and the analysis of how resilient restored non-tidal wetlands will be to sea level rise. (Client: State Coastal Conservancy)
• Sandyland Dune Restoration at Carpinteria Salt Marsh. 2005-06. We designed and installed a dune scrub restoration project along the margin of Carpinteria Salt Marsh. (Client: Sandyland Preservation Association) P221572 Proposal for San Clemente Nature Based Adaption Project Feasibility Study | 22 David Hubbard
Nature Based Resiliency, Preliminary Design
David has been engaged in ecological restoration and research in coastal California for over 25 years. His academic research interests include the ecology of sandy beaches; especially how physical coastal processes work to support wildlife in natural and human-altered beach and dune systems. David founded Coastal Restoration Consultants with Matthew James in 2005. David has led a wide range of projects for CRC, including projects that re-established natural hydrology, ecosystem services and native vegetation, improved biodiversity and rare species habitat, and analyzed the effectiveness of restoration to combat the negative effects of sea level rise and climate change. David has also participated in CRC’s program evaluation efforts including roles at project site level and synoptic scale analysis.
Education: 1980 – B.A. Studio Art with high honors, UCSB, 1984 – 2nd major Biology Representative Project Experience
• Surfers Point Long-term monitoring and Assessment. 2021 – Present. We are working with a multidisciplinary team to measure physical and biological changes over time to beach and dune habitats to assess the long-term sustainability of the Surfer’s Point living shoreline project. (Client: BEACON) • Surfers Point Managed Retreat and Dune Restoration, Phase II. 2019 – 2022. We are working with a team of engineers and landscape architects to design and build the dune restoration aspects of the second phase of this cutting-edge managed retreat project. (Client: The City of San Buenaventura) • Hermosa Beach Living Shoreline. 2021 – 2022. We are just beginning work designing a living shoreline that will help protect infrastructure from flooding with sea level rise. (Client: City of Hermosa Beach) • Malibu Living Shoreline Project. 2018-19. We wrote a plan for the restoration of five acres of coastal dune and coastal lagoon habitat at Zuma and Westward Beaches. The restoration actions were developed around restoring natural coastal processes and increasing biodiversity while re-building more natural dune topography to help protect infrastructure from coastal flooding. (Client: The Bay Foundation) • Surfer’s Point Managed Retreat and Dune Restoration, Phase I. 2011-17. We wrote and oversaw implementation of the coastal dune restoration plan for this managed retreat project. The restored dunes provide habitat and protection from coastal flooding now and as sea level rises. We carried out vegetation monitoring and made recommendations for site management in the five years since implementation. (Client: City of Ventura) • Southern Los Cerritos Wetlands Planning. 2021-Present. We are working with a team of consultants to turn a conceptual plan for the 103-acre South Area of the Los Cerrito Wetlands into 30% and then 65% design drawings.
CRC is guiding the revision process to assure project goals are achieved and the project maximizes ecological benefits while being resilient to sea level rise within the constraints of the site. (Client: The Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority)
• City of Santa Barbara Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan. 2017-18. We worked with a team of engineers and coastal planners to assess the vulnerability of Santa Barbara’s beaches, dunes, and coastal bluffs as sea level rises. (Client: City of Santa Barbara)
• Santa Barbara Area Coastal Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment. 2015-17. UC Santa Barbara, California Sea Grant. From the website: “The Santa Barbara Area Coastal Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment (SBA CEVA) is a multidisciplinary research project that investigates future changes to southern Santa Barbara County climate, beaches, watersheds, wetland habitats and beach ecosystems. The target audience is local land use planners and decision makers. The main objective is to provide information that assists the Cities of Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, and Goleta, the County of Santa Barbara, and UC Santa Barbara in climate adaptation planning with a clear focus on coastal ecosystems.”
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Brian Leslie | Nature-Based Resiliency Concepts, Permitting Requirements T 858.244.6977 | E [email protected] www.ghd.com
Brian Leslie
Nature-Based Resiliency Concepts, Permitting
Requirements
Location
San Diego, CA
Experience
20 years
Qualifications/Accreditations
– BS, Oceanography, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, 2001 – Certificate, Coastal Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, CA, 2012 Key technical skills
– Expertise in shoreline processes & physical drivers of change
– Design and implementation of nature-based solutions
– Understand coastal hazards and viable adaptations
Memberships
– American Society of Civil Engineers
– Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute
– American Shore and Beach Preservation Association
– Association of Environmental Professionals
Relevant experience summary
Brian serves as coastal scientist and project manager for a variety of projects that involve shoreline protection, dredging, beach nourishment, habitat restoration and resilience to coastal hazards. Brian specializes in strategic project planning and development that leads to viable, multi-benefit projects that can be permitted in the coastal zone. He leads teams of engineers, scientists, and environmental practitioners in the development of concise and easily understood feasibility studies. Brian’s experience is exemplified in the recently constructed Cardiff Beach Living Shoreline Project and in the West Trail Living Shoreline Project. He has 20 years of professional work experience within both the public and private sectors in the field coastal science and engineering.
Pillar Point Harbor West Trail Living Shoreline
Project | El Granada, CA
Project Manager for the planning, engineering design,
construction and long-term monitoring of a nature-based shoreline protection solution to stabilize a chronically eroding shoreline and coastal trail that leads pedestrians and
emergency vehicles to Mavericks Beach. The design consists of utilizing cobble, sand and shore-parallel rock fingers to stabilize the beach and trail. The project was constructed in the winter/spring of 2022 and is now in the long-term monitoring phase.
Cardiff State Beach Living Shoreline Project |
Encinitas, CA
Project Manager who led the planning, engineering design, construction, and long-term monitoring of a living shoreline project to protect a vulnerable reach of shoreline and highway in the City of Encinitas. The project consists of a cobble berm and dune system on top of a buried rock revetment, which serves to protect the highway from undermining and flooding.
About four million dollars in grant funding was obtained for planning, design, construction, and monitoring of the project.
The Project was constructed in 2018 and is now being actively monitored.
San Clemente Sea Level Rise (SLR)
Vulnerability Assessment, San Clemente, CA
Brian was responsible for QA/QC on the City’s
vulnerability assessment, sought to inform the planning policies of an updated LCP. The study was funded in
part by CCC Grant LCP-16-11 and leveraged regional
studies by USACE and USGS (CoSMoS) to prepare an
assessment of the SLR thresholds and impacts to
coastal resources.
Bayshore Community Resiliency Project,
Imperial Beach, CA
Project Manager responsible for development of nature-based adaptation strategies for a vulnerable low-lying stretch of the community of Bayshore, located adjacent to San Diego Bay in the community of Imperial Beach. Project elements include development of a living levee along the existing bikeway to achieve multiple benefits, including creation of habitat transition zones, flood protection to the community and improved tidal hydraulics. The project seeks to provide ecosystem resilience and flood protection for 3.5 feet of sea level rise consistent with the OPC Climate Action Plan.
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Aaron Holloway PE
Vulnerabilities, Preliminary Design
Location
Irvine, CA
Experience
18 years
Qualifications/Accreditations
– MS, Civil Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, CA, 2008 – BS, Civil Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, CA, 2004 – Civil Engineer, CA #71640
Key technical skills
– Coastal science & engineering
– Vulnerability assessments & Adaptation planning
– Nature-based solutions to coastal hazards
Memberships
– American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Sea
Level Change Subcommittee
– American Shore & Beach Preservation Association
Relevant experience summary
With over 18 years of experience in coastal and water resources engineering, Aaron Holloway provides clients with innovative solutions to existing and future flood hazards. His recent focus on coastal vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning has helped clients understand and develop long-term strategies to mitigate impacts from rising sea levels. Aaron’s engineering experience includes a wide range of coastal, riverine, and civil infrastructure projects, many of which incorporate nature-based strategies like living shorelines, habitat restoration and beach nourishment.
San Clemente Sea Level Rise (SLR) Vulnerability
Assessment | San Clemente, CA
As an industry leader in climate change and SLR
adaptation planning, Aaron has served as the technical
lead and/or project manager on 30+ public and private
sector studies that address the challenges and
uncertainties associated with the changing climate and
SLR. These include Vulnerability Assessments for the
City of San Clemente and the City of Dana Point in
support of Local Coastal Program (LCP) updates. Aaron
was responsible for crafting an approach and delivering a vulnerability assessment for the City of San Clemente to inform the planning policies of an updated LCP. The
study was funded in part by CCC Grant LCP-16-11 and
leveraged regional studies by USACE and USGS
(CoSMoS) to prepare an assessment of the SLR
thresholds and impacts to coastal resources. San
Clemente consists of narrow beaches backed by high
bluffs that are vulnerable to “coastal squeeze”
threatening valuable resources that contribute to the
City’s vibrant beach town culture.
Oceanside Sand Retention Feasibility Study |
Oceanside, CA
Senior coastal engineer responsible for evaluating
feasibility of sand retention structures to provide a longterm and sustainable strategy in response to chronic erosion south of Oceanside Harbor. Led the numerical
modelling effort to simulate shoreline change for a range of sediment retention and beach nourishment strategies
which informed a multi-criteria analysis of technical,
financial, and environmental aspects of each strategy.
Beach Boulevard Infrastructure Resiliency Project
| Pacifica, CA
Senior coastal engineer responsible for evaluating
coastal hazards, developing alternatives to mitigate
impacts, and improve Beach Boulevard infrastructure
resilience while enhancing public access and coastal
resources. The project involved community engagement,
alternatives development, and feasibility analysis to
identify a preferred alternative to carry forward through permitting and detailed design.
Carlsbad Boulevard Climate Adaptation Project |
Carlsbad, CA
Senior coastal engineer responsible for evaluating
coastal hazards and adaptation strategies associated
with the realignment of Pacific Coast Highway and
revisioning these coastal lands to enhance public
access, restore habitat and other coastal resources. The project will involve community engagement, alternatives development and feasibility analysis to identify a
preferred Climate Adaptation Plan for the highway.
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SECTION 4
References
The M&N team has an extensive portfolio of project experience in coastal engineering projects and has completed feasibility and modeling studies, cost estimates, and designs for more than 6,000 waterfront projects worldwide, many of which are located in California. Please reach out to the references listed on this page below to learn more about our core commitment to providing the highest level of service possible and our special focus on providing the utmost customer satisfaction.
SUSAN BRODEUR
Senior Coastal Engineer
County of Orange - OC Parks
13042 Old Myford Road, Irvine CA 92620
(949) 585-6448
[email protected]
ERIN MAKER
Environmental Program Manager
City of Carpinteria
5775 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria, CA 93013
(805) 880-3415
[email protected]
JAYME TIMBERLAKE
Coastal Zone Administrator
City of Oceanside
300 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside, CA 92054
(760) 435-3073
[email protected]
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SEA LEVEL RISE VULNERABILITY
ASSESSMENT
CLIENT: City of San Clemente
LOCATION: San Clemente, CA
Project Objective: Develop the City of San Clemente’s SLR planning document.
Project Description: M&N produced a sea level rise vulnerability assessment for the City of San Clemente to help inform a Local Coastal Program Update performed by Dudek and funded in part by Coastal Commission grant LCP-16-11. San Clemente’s relatively narrow bluff-backed beaches offer a wide variety of scenic, cultural, and recreational opportunities for locals and visitors. Much of the community’s identity and tourism draw are due to the vibrant beach culture and variety of coastal assets from North Beach, to the Pier Bowl, to more secluded beaches in the south.
Recent sea level rise science and coastal hazards projections indicate these valuable assets will be exposed to more intense coastal hazards like beach erosion and coastal flooding. The effects of sea level rise on coastal hazards such as shoreline erosion, storm related flooding and bluff erosion were evaluated using results of the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS), a multi-agency effort led by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Project Outcome: Results from CoSMoS were used to assess the potential exposure of each coastal asset which was then used to determine the vulnerability of each asset along with other factors including sensitivity and adaptive capacity. The narrowness of the beach and additional complexity of the regional Los Angeles-San Diego Railroad infrastructure along the base of the bluffs was communicated through graphic visualizations of shoreline change and explained through the concept of “coastal squeeze”. This made stakeholder and city engagement vital to communicating how sea level rise and policy would influence potential pathways for adaptation.
Relevant Project Experience
The M&N team has been able to provide services to our clients offering continuity with our technical staff that have been with the firm for years. More than 80 percent of our business is from repeat clients and referrals from trusted clients that we consider invaluable partners in successful project completion. Below and on the following pages is a sample of our team’s projects that are similar in scope and size to that outlined by the City of San Clemente in the Nature Based Adaptation Project Feasibility Study RFP.
DATES OF CONTRACT
2017 - 2019
REFERENCE
City of San Clemente
Leslea Meyerhoff, Contract Planner
(760) 845-8028
[email protected]
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CAPISTRANO BEACH COUNTY PARK
RESTORATION/SHORE PROTECTION
PROJECT
CLIENT: Orange County
LOCATION: Dana Point, CA
Project Objective: Maintain Orange County Parks (OC Parks) recreational amenities along an eroding shoreline.
Project Description: The park has suffered damage from
ongoing shoreline erosion over the past decade due to lack of sediment input and discontinuation of historic beach nourishment efforts. Restoration of the park is needed to maintain public access and protect park amenities.
OC Parks has implemented emergency shoreline protection including rock revetments and very large sandbags. M&N has provided engineering and permitting support to obtain multiple CCC emergency permits over the past seven years. M&N is currently supporting OC Parks to obtain a CCC permit to retain the emergency shoreline protection until a long-term plan can be developed and implemented.
M&N’s work has included development and analysis of shoreline alternatives to improve coastal resiliency, coastal engineering analyses, support for state and federal grant funding
applications, development and construction of emergency shoreline protection measures (rock revetment and sandbags).
Ongoing work for OC Parks includes support for CCC permitting, long-term master plan development, beach nourishment
analyses, and design of a nature based pilot project.
Shoreline alternatives being developed and analyzed for the long-term master plan include beach nourishment (sand
import), landward movement of park amenities, cobble berm shoreline protection, rock revetment, vegetated dunes, and elevated structures. All alternatives consider future SLR. M&N is currently completing Plans, Specifications & Estimates (PS&E) and modeling/analysis of a nature based shore protection pilot project consisting of a cobble berm, sand berm, and vegetated sand dunes.
CFC, under subcontract to M&N, provided design, contractor bidding, and construction support, and pre- and postconstruction surveys for the installation of sand-filled geotextile containers for shoreline protection. CFC’s initial planning study evaluated a range of commercially-available geotextile products with performance characteristics such as fabric durability, and strength and resistance to sunlight (UV) degradation. The selected design consisted of 4 cubic-yard polyester bags filled with sand and placed on a geotextile fabric base layer typical of standard revetment design. CFC staff worked closely with the OC Parks inspector and construction contractor to provide robust shore protection for this popular public beach.
Project Outcome: Park amenities have been protected/
maintained while long-term planning progresses.
DATES OF CONTRACT
2015 - Present
REFERENCE
County of Orange
Susan Brodeur, Project Manager/Senior Coastal Engineer
(949) 585-6448
[email protected]
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CARDIFF BEACH LIVING SHORELINE
CONCEPT PLAN
CLIENT: City of Encinitas
LOCATION: Encinitas, CA
Project Objective: Protect the beach and Highway 101 with a nature based pilot project.
Project Description: The Cardiff Living Shoreline project is one of the first of its kind in southern California, combining green and gray engineering to protect infrastructure, expand natural habitat, and provide public access. Cardiff State Beach in the City of Encinitas has been identified as being extremely vulnerable to projected rates of sea level rise and coastal flooding. In the past, high tides and high surf have caused over 42 road closures along this low-elevation barrier spit fronting the San Elijo Lagoon on which Coast Highway 101 and numerous utility corridors are located. Highway 101 also provides critical protection for the San Elijo Lagoon and emergency access to Solana Beach.
To protect against existing and future coastal hazards, the project was proposed by the City of Encinitas and received grant funding from the California State Coastal Conservancy and Ocean Protection Council. M&N prepared design and obtained permits for the project that involved a vegetated dune system, 60 feet in width and 2,900 feet in length. Components of the project included the following.
– Reconfigured and imported 2-ton rock used to form a
buried revetment section. The revetment serves as a
last line of defense for Highway 101 to protect it from erosional undermining.
– Cobble berm constructed with on-site material to help dissipate wave energy seaward of the vegetated dune.
– Sandy dune constructed to be non-uniform and varying
in geometry serving as a benefit for habitat.
– Native vegetation planted and temporarily irrigated to facilitate dune growth and habitat creation.
– Six beach access points established to provide public access to the beach along Highway 101.
– Pedestrian foot trail constructed along Highway 101 to increase pedestrian connectivity and access.
– Sand fences installed adjacent to the foot trail and public access points to capture blowing sand and protect
proposed habitat areas.
Construction was completed in June 2019. The City of Encinitas retained GHD to provide construction management and longterm monitoring and reporting services. The project received the 2019 Best Restored Beach award from the American Beach Preservation Association. A robust monitoring program has been developed to study this system inform both other coastal communities considering such adaptive measures as well as the maintenance and adaptation program for the project. The shoreline now supports a host of native plant species and viable roosting habitat for endangered species, like the snowy plover.
Project Outcome: The project was constructed and works well to provide habitat, recreation, and protection
DATES OF CONTRACT
2017 - Ongoing
REFERENCE
City of Encinitas
Jayme Timberlake, Coastal Zone Program Administrator (former City of Encinitas Project Lead)
[email protected]
(760) 435-3073
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CARPINTERIA SHORELINE
MANAGEMENT PLAN
CLIENT: City of Carpinteria
LOCATION: Carpinteria, CA
Project Objective: Implement the near- and mid-term SLR adaptation strategy called out in the City of Carpinteria SLR planning documents.
Project Description: M&N prepared the City of Carpinteria’s Dune and Shoreline Management Plan. The plan sets forth measures to reduce the impact of SLR on the City of Carpinteria’s beach neighborhood, downtown, Carpinteria State Beach,
and a range of public infrastructure. The plan provides the preliminary coastal adaptation planning report with key nearterm coastal adaptation strategies identified as part of the City’s SLR Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan. This management plan is to be integrated into the City GP/CLUP Update. The plan provides detailed coastal process modeling and habitat restoration measures in support of major beach nourishment, construction of a vegetated sand dune living shoreline, and an experimental sand retention groin.
Moffatt & Nichol developed concept alternatives and then conducted detailed coastal process and wave uprush modeling in order to allow for comparisons of various alternatives for shoreline management to address SLR. These include the use of the City’s ongoing beach berm, a single or double-ridge dune along the back beach, and utilization of required amounts of beach nourishment.
Our team also developed habitat restoration measures for newly proposed dunes and those within Carpinteria State Beach. The City of Carpinteria and M&N conducted multiple stakeholder engagement and public outreach meetings as well as workshops and hearings with key stakeholders (California State Parks), permitting agencies (CCC), and City decision-makers. The draft plan was completed and published for public review in January 2022. The final plan was reviewed and considered by City decision-makers in February 2022.
Project Outcome: A feasible plan was developed for
consideration by the City Council for near-term SLR adaptation prior to the initiation of next steps in the process (applying for additional funding, preparing engineering designs, approaching the CEQA document, and applying for permits).
DATES OF CONTRACT
2019 - Present
REFERENCE
City of Carpinteria
Erin Maker, Environmental Program Manager
(805) 880-3415
[email protected]
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SURFER’S POINT MANAGED RETREAT
PROJECT, PHASE I
CLIENT: Surfrider Foundation
LOCATION: Ventura, CA
CRC designed and implemented a 3-acre coastal dune
restoration project as part of the Surfer’s Point Managed Shoreline Retreat project in Ventura, California. The dune restoration project included establishment of native coastal dune vegetation from seed, installation of temporary and longterm sand stabilization devices (e.g., crimped straw and sand fencing), and pre- and post-project vegetation and topographic monitoring. CRC continues to work with Surfrider Foundation Ventura County chapter supervising volunteer weeding efforts.
The restoration project has been an overwhelming success. The dunes continue to support natural levels of native vegetative cover while only receiving minimal maintenance. The restored dunes have eliminated nuisance-sand blowing on to the bike path and parking lot behind the site. The dunes have eroded in large winter wave events but protected landward infrastructure, only to naturally re-build themselves through the spring and summer.
Surfer’s Point has drawn broad attention as an example of how dune restoration can be an important aspect of resilient coastal management as sea levels rise.
David Hubbard has also given presentations and participated in public workshops on this topic including one at the NOAA/ SeaGrant/California Coastal Conservancy: Living Shorelines and Resilience in Southern California Workshop Series.
DATES OF CONTRACT
2011 - Ongoing
REFERENCE
Surfrider Foundation
Paul Jenkin
(805) 205-4953
[email protected]
Restored Dunes in 2014